Suhit Gupta
11-14-2007, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/processors/penryn-preview/' target='_blank'>http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/processors/penryn-preview/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The Penryn processor is the latest offering from Intel. Based on 45nm silicon the Penryn boasts 410m transistors for the dual core and 820m for the quad core. Penryn's based on the quad core will be made by packaging two dual core Penryn's dies together. The Penryn introduces several advancements over the current Core Microarchitecture some of which include: larger caches (6MB and 12MB), new SSE4 instructions focused on media and graphics, higher energy efficiency, faster bus, and higher frequencies. Some of the keen eyes out there might notice that this is a Penryn running on a laptop from Killer Notebooks which really makes me feel horrible as this laptop with a mobile Penryn chip outperforms my desktop and my desktop is a dual Xeon 5150."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/penryn01-tn.jpg" /><br /><br />No way! On a laptop?! I am amazed that a <b>laptop</b> performs at this incredible level. I have been using a laptop exclusively for over 2 years now so I am always looking for more performant laptops that come in a smaller size (not looking for a desktop replacement when I have to lugg around a briefcase). The Penryn CPUs give me great hope.