Intel launched a dual magnetic core notebook computer chip for gamey - conclusion users on Monday , continuing an effort to defend its share of the fast - growing notebook computer PC market against Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) .
Intel is selling the new Core 2 Extreme X7800 C.P.U. to PC seller now , and says it will reach store shelves within two week , boosting performance for the hardcore gamers and digital artists who now use notebooks power by Intel ’s Core Duo T2600 .
The company encouraged vendors to push even riotous public presentation by opening the scrap ’s velocity protection locks , allowing them to overclock the C.P.U. for even firm military operation . Some video game fans seek top performance by running chips beyond their place speed limits on desktop PCs like Dell ’s XPS 720 serial . The practice is less coarse on notebook PCs , which are usually optimized for the in effect stamp battery survival .
By concentrating on notebook computer , Intel is aim at the sweet spot of the personal computer market . Vendors have seen sparse growth in desktop PC shipments in recent years , increasing by only single - figure share in 2005 , 2006 and forecasts for 2007 . But need for notebooks in soaring , with global notebook computer shipments picture increases of 35.9 percent in 2005 , 28.4 per centum in 2006 and an estimate 25.3 percent in 2007 , accord to the analyst firm iSuppli .
In May , Intel made another sweat to push sales of its mobile chips by launching its Santa Rosa bundle of fluid processors and chipsets , an upgrade to its pop Centrino political platform . AMD quickly responded by announcing later that month that it would practice a new fluid processor called “ Griffin ” as the basis of a collection of processors and chipsets codenamed Puma , expected to reach markets in the middle of 2008 .
Intel now hop to regain the initiative by inflate its Core 2 Extreme brand from mellow - end desktops to mellow - end notebook . It is sell the 2.6GHz Core 2 Extreme X7800 notebook chip for $ 851 .
Also on Monday , Intel announced five novel screen background chips , led by the quadrangle - heart , 3.0GHz Core 2 Extreme QX6850 , intended for game developers , and the 2.66GHz Core 2 Quad Q6700 . Intel is selling those two chips for $ 999 and $ 530 , respectively , price in 1,000 - social unit quantities .
Intel ’s raw threefold - core chips are all in the Core 2 Duo sept , including the 3.0GHz E6850 , for $ 266 , the 2.66GHz E6750 , for $ 183 , and the 2.33GHz E6550 , for $ 163 . The company is shipping all the silicon chip now , and require seller to bring them to mart in two week .
Apple ’s most late update its MacBook Pro notebooks in former June utilizing the Santa Rosa chipset .