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Intel's 45nm Penryn-based desktop and server processors were released to an eager audience a few months ago. January 6 is the big day for Intel's Penryn-based notebook processors and it appears that the Santa Clara-based company won't disappoint.

As reported by DailyTech in early December, the Penryn notebooks to be launched in January will consist of the Core 2 Duo T8100, T8300, T9300, T8500 and Core 2 Xtreme X9000. Frequencies for the processor range from 2.1GHz on the T8100 on up to 2.8GHz on the X9000.

Intel Corp. plans to formally introduce its Penryn family of next-generation mobile processors in early January, paving the way for significant upgrades to Apple Inc.'s notebook and iMac consumer desktop lines shortly thereafter.

The planned launch of Intel's Penryn processors on Monday is the first blow in a one-two punch that might stagger AMD heading into 2008.

Just a few months after the launch of AMD's quad-core Barcelona chips, Intel is hitting back with Penryn, now known as the Xeon 5400 family of processors. A total of 15 server chips are set to launch Monday as well as a new Core 2 Extreme desktop processor, with Penryn chips for mainstream desktops and notebooks scheduled to launch in the first quarter of next year.

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After famously winning Apple's computer business, Intel appears to have its sights set on providing the powerplant for the iPhone and its descendants. During this morning's session on mobile Internet devices, Intel's senior veep for ultra mobility Anand Chandrasekher produced a prototype device which looked like a stretch limo version of the iPhone which he spruiked as "mostly all screen, you can read it very nicely; it's very slim, very thin."

Intel (INTC) on Wednesday outlined its roadmap for mobile technology, promising significant improvements in performance, power consumption, and size to meet the needs of future notebooks and Internet-enabled handheld devices.

During back-to-back keynotes at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel executives discussed Montevina, Menlow, Moorestown, and Silverthorne, codenames for a variety of processor technologies set for release over the next three years. In addition, the chipmaker plugged WiMax, the chipmaker's favorite wireless broadband technology.

Intel (INTC) on Tuesday unveiled details of its next-generation micro-architecture for business computers, codenamed Nehalem, and outlined new technologies for hardware-based security.

Intel Corp said on Friday it would buy Havok Inc, a provider of software and services to the games and movie industries, as the world's top chipmaker seeks to beef up its visual computing and graphics efforts. The privately held Irish company's technology has been used in some of the most widely known video game titles, including "BioShock," "Stranglehold," "Halo 2," and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

The European Commission issued formal charges against Intel Thursday for allegedly using illegal tactics against smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a European Commission spokesman said.

The Commission, the European Union's top antitrust regulator, has spent years investigating Intel's tactics to determine whether it acted unfairly to preserve its dominance over AMD.

"I can confirm the statement of objections has been sent," said Ton Van Lierop, a spokesman for the European Commission. Intel had no immediate comment.

Intel on Tuesday said it has started shipping to OEMs its fastest quad-core Xeon server platform, formerly codenamed Caneland.

The chipmaker also released brand names for the components of the new platform, which started shipping in volumes in June and is built on Intel's Core micro-architecture. The platform comprises the Xeon processor 7300 series, formerly called Tigerton; and the Intel 7300 chipset, formerly Clarksboro, Kirk Skaugen, VP and co-general manager of Intel's Server Products Group, said in the company's blog.