MacBook Pro Targeted 2.8GHz Core i7 Processors Due Later This Year

A newly leaked Intel processor roadmap reveals that the company will be releasing a speed-bumped Core i7 processor this fall. The upcoming Core i7-640M will run at a base frequency of 2.8GHz with “turbo boost” speeds up to 3.46GHz. This new processor draws the same power as the current MacBook Pro processors so should be [...]

Intel Shows Off First Light Peak Laptop

Barence writes
“Intel has provided the first hands-on demonstration of a laptop running its Light Peak technology – an optical interconnect that can transfer data at 10Gbit/sec in both directions – at the company’s inaugural European research showcase here in Brussels. Intel has fitted Light Peak into a regular USB cable, with optical fibres running alongside [...]