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Good stuff ahead!

Intel's 'Calpella' mobile platform said to debut on September 23rd

In addition to rolling out the first Lynnfield processors, Intel is also preparing to spice up its offer with the first Nehalem-based mobile CPUs, which are part of the Calpella platform. Officially set to launch in the second half of this year, Calpella is reported to be coming in just over a month, on September 23rd. With Calpella Intel will introduce the PM55 chipset and three 45nm quad-core parts which will make use of the mPGA-989 socket. The first wave of mobile Nehalems (codename Clarksfield) will include the 1.6 GHz Core i7 720QM, 1.8 GHz 780QM and 2.9 GHz 920XM. Priced at $364, the i7 720QM features 6MB of L3 cache, an integrated dual channel DDR3-1333 memory controller (IMC), a TDP of 45W and a Turbo Mode frequency topping 2.8 GHz. The i7 780QM has the same IMC and TDP, but packs 8MB of L3 cache, a Turbo clock of up to 3.0g GHz, and a price tag of $546. last but not least, the Core i7 920XM, it will cost $1054, have a TDP of 55 W, and go up to 3.2 GHz in Turbo Mode. Almost all the usual suspects should have Calpella-based laptops coming out in Q4 so it's going to be an interesting holiday season.

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YES, interesting indeed!

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Acer Aspire 8940G - one of the first representatives of Calpella mobile platform from Intel

Despite the fact that the official launch Calpella mobile platform has not yet taken place, Acer Corporation has already submitted for all to see a new laptop, which uses the last of use Intel and NVIDIA. Naturally, this announcement rather informal. However, the Acer support site and internet shops in Europe, this model already exists for about a month. Vendors are asked for the Aspire 8940G about 1400 euros. Notebook extends the range of devices with matrices to 18.4 inches, which are positioned as DTR - desktop replacement, given the 5-kilogram weight. A novelty set processor Core i7 720QM, having 4 cores at 1.6 GHz each. In addition, it supports Turbo Boost, which will allow maximum performance mode to reach 2.8 GHz.

Graphic subsystem provided mobile chip GeForce GTS 250M with video memory 1024 MB. Other features look almost standard: 4 gigabytes of RAM and one or more hard drives for a total volume of 500 to 1000 gigabytes. Unfortunately, the available information on the motherboard does not like the actual photos and the final product. But most likely case would be similar to the model Aspire 8935G.

Currently, the American Internet shops offer another similar model, this time from HP. Pavilion dv8 has virtually the same characteristics, apart from the lack of information on the graphics part, and offered the same price as the Acer.

The gradual emergence of new models suggests that the announcement of the new platform Intel is not far off.

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I think I will be getting me one! What do ya think?

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Acer Aspire 8940G - Good things on the horizon!

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