Intel to deliver Penryn Chips this year

Microprocessor industry giants Intel has confirmed that they would deliver their much awaited “Penryn” processors by the end of 2007.

These processors would provide for greater power efficiency. The technology would enable Intel to sell improved Core 2 and Xeon chips to speeds over 3GHz.

Intel chief executive Paul Otellini has already apologized to the company investors on delaying their new product launches. This should be good news for the company.

The company is due to begin production of six Penryn processors: dual-core and quad-core desktop chips, a dual-core notebook chip, dual-core and quad-core server chips, and a high-end server chip.

Intel said that these new chips would be smart enough to recognize single-threaded applications and switch off power to the inactive core, speeding up the busy one.

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