An e-mail sent to members of Intel’s Retail Edge promotional program highlight a forthcoming MacBook Pro from Apple sporting a new Core i5 processor. The Intel Retail Edge Program allows retail employees who sell Intel products to access technical knowledge and sales tips, which allows them to earn "chips" which can be exchanged for products. The program also offers occasional contests and giveaways. It was also sent to Spanish members of the retail program. At CES 2010 Intel has formally announced the availability of Core i3,i5 and i7 chips. The mobile Core i5 is considered to be a likely candidate for a coming MacBook Pro refresh.Currently, Apple uses Nvidia chipsets with its Mac lineup.

Source : Intel promo confirms Apple’s plans for Core i5 MacBook Pros [u]

ASUS unveiled ASUS P7P55D-E / P7P55D series motherboards deliver true USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s data throughput performance. The ASUS Xtreme Design P7P55D-E Series motherboard has onboard support while the ASUS Xtreme Design P7P55D Series utilizes the ASUS U3S6 PCIe x4 expansion card to deliver the latest USB and SATA data transfer capabilities. Equipped with the Intel® P55 Express chipset, the P7P55D-E / P7P55D Series supports the latest LGA 1156 socket for Intel® Core™ i7/Core™ i5 Processors. Additionally, they also feature exclusive Hybrid Technology—Hybrid Processor, Hybrid Phase, and Hybrid OS—to give users intelligent performance enhancement, active cooling, and rapid online access.

ASUS P7P55D-E Premium Motherboard Specifications

ASUS U3S6 Expansion Card Specifications

Intel and Adobe are working to bring Flash to TV. Intel is working closely with Adobe to optimize Flash technology for Intel Media Processor CE 3100. This effort is expected to provide consumers with richer and more seamless Web-based and video viewing experiences through advanced Intel-based cable set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, digital TVs and retail connected AV devices. Intel plans to ship the first CE3100 with support for an optimized implementation of Adobe Flash Lite before mid-2009.

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The new Athlon Neo dual core processor, which AMD is launching as a “platform for ultrathin notebooks”. The latest Athlon Neo dual core processor is implemented first in HP Pavilion dv2 laptop, HP Pavilion dv2 is a 12-inch wide display,light weight around 3.8 pounds, thin with excellent graphic features with the 1,280 x 800 LED display.  The Pavilion dv2 will start at $699 and top out at $899 for standard configurations.

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Lenovo’s IdeaPad Y-series Y650 notebooks with 16:9 widescreen, Lenovo claims that the 16-inch Y650, it is the thinnest, lightest notebook in that class. Lenovo’s IdeaPad Y Series laptops are powerful Hi-Definition entertainment, smaller, thinner and lighter than previous. The Y Series laptops are – the Y650, Y550, and Y450 with soft black design featuring an interlocked hexagon pattern.

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Next month, Intel will show off its next-generation Classmate laptop, which includes a touch screen and new features that make it easier for students to use.

The new Convertible Classmate is a tablet PC, with a touch screen that swivels to make data input easier. Intel will show prototypes of the laptop at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to be held in Las Vegas between Jan. 8 and 11. Intel bills the Classmate as an educational laptop for kids in developing countries, but it will also be available in the general market. The touch-screen interface makes software more interactive and easier for kids to use, Intel said.

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The well known Chip-maker giant Intel has announced that it has created a new world record with revolutionary way of communication by using a new technology to create very high performing optical devices. This technology is called Silicon Photonics, based on silicon-based Avalanche Photodetector (APD), uses standard silicon to send and receive optical information among computers and other electronic devices. The use of Avalanche Photodetector (APD) will reduce the cost compared to other commercially optical devices.

 Mario Paniccia said, Ph.D. Intel Fellow and director of the company’s Photonics Technology Lab

This research result is another example of how silicon can be used to create very high-performing optical devices,In addition to optical communication, these silicon-based APDs could also be applied to other areas such as sensing, imaging, quantum cryptography or biological applications

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On Monday at San Francisco seminar Intel has introduced the three new i7 series core processor, i7  that is next generation micro-architecture. In this i7 processor you’ll get the maximum performance, it is the combination of Intel Turbo Boost technology(that maximizes speed for demanding applications, dynamically accelerate performance) and Intel Hyper-Threading technology (that improves the performance by highly threaded applications [with 8 threads] and provide you the better way to handle the workloads).

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Intel® Software Network presents an exclusive opportunity for you to interact with Intel experts. Chat with Intel experts on topics that are of interest to you. Understand new technologies that will help speed your development cycle and reduce time to market. And all this from the comfort of your home or office!

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Intel has launched the first microprocessor Code-named ‘Dunnington’, that has been almost completely developed in India at its Bangalore design center. The world’s leading computer chip making company Intel launched new Xeon 7400 series microprocessor is developed for businesses that want to boost server performance while conserving on space and energy. The chip uses less electricity and is as much as 48 per cent faster than previous models, This is a great invention in the field of computer hardware research and development scene in India. Intel’s Xeon 7400 series microprocessor  Contains 1.9 billion transistors with 16 MB shared L3 cache and it is based on the latest 45 NM High-K fabrication process. testing of this chip is done by Intel’s Bangalore laboratories to make sure that it is compatible with most of the existing. Dell Inc, Hewlett-Packard Co, International Business Machines Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc will start selling computers that use the Xeon 7400 chips this week

According to Intel enterprise group vice president Tom Kilroy -

The six-core chip delivers 48-50 percent more performance than its quad-core predecessor while using 10 percent less electric power, “It isn’t just performance and energy efficiency but the use models.

Intel has introduced with seven versions or stock keeping units (SKUs) at launching:

• Introduced 3 six-core versions and 4 are quad-core,
• Cores can access up to 16MB of shared L3 cache,
• Offer frequencies up to 2.66GHz at 130W,
• Two low-power versions that save power, require only 50W for the quad-core, and 65W for the six-core.

Why six-core chip? Chips developed for server machines are very costly more than $1k, its approximately 10 times of the average price of PC processors. Intel developed processor that have multiple cores, means the greater number of tasks it can perform simultaneously. normally we have majority of two cores chips and more expensive models employ four.

Kilroy said, VP and GM of Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group -

“With new features such as additional cores, large shared caches and advanced virtualization technologies, the Xeon 7400 series delivers record-breaking performance that will lead enterprises into the next wave of virtualization deployments.”

Prices for Xeon 7400 MP Series processors:

• X7460 (16MB L3 cache, 2.66GHz, 130W, 1066MHz FSB, 45nm): $2,729
• E7450 (12MB L3 cache, 2.40GHz, 90W, 1066MHz FSB, 45nm): $2,301
• E7440 (16MB L3 cache, 2.40GHz, 90W, 1066MHz FSB, 45nm): $1,980
• E7430 (12MB L3 cache, 2.13GHz, 90W, 1066MHz FSB, 45nm): $1,391
• E7420 (8MB L3 cache, 2.13GHz, 90W, 1066MHz FSB, 45nm): $1,177
• L7455 (12MB L3 cache, 2.13GHz, 65W, 1066MHz FSB, 45nm): $2,729
• L7445 (12MB L3 cache, 2.13GHz, 50W, 1066MHz FSB, 45nm): $1,980