DigiTimes
is reporting that the Core 2 Extreme QX9300, Intel's first quad-core CPU for
notebooks, will be launched in 3Q with a price of $1038 in lots of a thousand.
The Core 2 Extreme QX9300 will be manufactured at 45nm and have a core frequency
of 2.53GHz. The CPU will come in a socket P package and support FSB speeds up to
1066MHz. The chip will include 12MB L2 cache and have a maximum TDP of 45W.