Montevina+Penryn vs Nehalem

[iMacmatician]

So the Nehalem that will be used by MBP... it will be out when?

Q4 2009 (quad-core) and Q1 2010 (dual-core).

So the next macbook/pro update is currently rumoured to be Penryn to Montevina and a case resdesign in October 2008?

Exactly.

Hope we'll have an idea of when they're coming out with a better release date come the next IDF...

I want to see some die pictures too.

Don't forget that it can take months for Apple to get the chip in laptops after Intel starts making them. If Mobile Nehamlem comes out end 2009 / beginning 2010; we might not see it until late spring / early summer 2010.

That's possible, and if they do that they might as well wait for mobile Westmere.

 

[akm3]

Now that AMD has stumbled and Intel is a monopoly again, they have no reason to rush out stuff anymore. They can milk the designs for longer, charge more, and we as consumers lose! Hooray for INTC!

 

[Eric S.]

In June the rumors were flying that all mainstream (Lynnfield, Clarksfield, Havendale, Auburndale) Nehalem CPUs were delayed from Q1/Q2 2009 to Q3 2009.

The link and its image I posted here is from this month and it shows a further delay of mainstream Nehalem by 1/2 months.

Schedule slippage in new processor architecture development is SOP. We have to look at the early schedule estimates as basically marketing talk.

 

[iMacmatician]

Now that AMD has stumbled and Intel is a monopoly again, they have no reason to rush out stuff anymore. They can milk the designs for longer, charge more, and we as consumers lose! Hooray for INTC!

I bet just about the only reason why Bloomfield is coming out in 2008 is so they can say that Nehalem was released in 2008. Also, Gainestown and Beckton are coming out on time because Intel needs IMC and QPI in the server space.

 

[raymondu999]

Whoa... the quad-core Nehalem mobile is coming BEFORE dual-core Nehalem? Judging by the last few posts, I think I'll upgrade to a nice Montevina machine, which'll last me 1.5 years...