Merom Laptop Announcements on Monday

August 27th, 2006

Computer makers are expected to tout new notebook PCs based on the new Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile (Merom) laptop processor on Monday, CNet reports according to sources familiar with the Intel’s plans. An Intel representative declined to comment this announcement.

Core frequencies of the new five T-series Core 2 Duo Mobile processors vary from 1.66GHz to 2.33GHz. All five CPUs support a 667MHz FSB. The L2 cache of the two budget models, the 1.66GHz Core 2 Duo T5500 and the 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo T5600, have a 2MB L2 cache. The three other processors, the 2GHz Core 2 Duo T7200, the 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo T7400 and 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo T7600, have a 4MB L2 cache.

The new Core 2 Duo Merom chips for notebooks will plug into the same motherboards that current Core Duo Yonah CPUs use, while more substantial renovation to Intel’s notebook products will come next year with the Santa Rosa platform, CNet reports.

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sid Says:

Hi floks,
pls let us kno wen the merom + NVidea SLI based laptops will be available? I first waited for merom but now I am seriously intersted n waitin for this new thing. I had initially planned for the 15.4 HP imprint finish core 2 duo laptop (not yet annouinced but available with core duo with a webcam), but maybe I have to wait a little longer for SLI to be announced/launched.
I can even wait another month max… :(
Thanx in advance for any headsup/suggestions.

August 29th, 2006 at 1:29 am |