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Intel® Core™ Mobile i7 processors for laptops are finally here.

Code-named "Calpella", the Intel® Core™ Mobile i7 processors will dramatically overhaul what you expect from mobile processors.

Intel does it again - The Intel® Core™ i7 (Nehalem) and the Mobile Intel® 5 Series Express Chipset (Calpella) architecture satisfy the Need for Speed.

Laptop owners… Welcome to the big leagues with Intel® Centrino®2 Core™2 QUAD Processors

Intel's Santa Rosa refresh (Penryn) is in full swing right now, and the tech-savvy are slavering at the thought of those tiny 45 nm processing cores and what they can do to improve system performance. The smaller processing core's biggest claim to fame is that it uses less power and it runs cooler than the older 65 nm processors. The big question for most customers, however, is whether Penryn actually lives up to these promises.

With Intel and AMD both now offering Quad-core desktop options, and notebook options sitting in the pipeline for the first half of next year, plenty of computer enthusiasts are wondering whether the time is right to upgrade to a Quad-core processor.

There are 2 versions of the Core 2 Duo. We discuss what L2 cache does and the performance difference between these two CPUs.

The stock CPU voltage on Intel® Pentium® M and Core™ Duo CPUs leaves a wide margin that can be cut back to reduce heat and lengthen battery life. This isn't for those who aren't comfortable tinkering with their processors.