Frankly given how well the X2 is doing, Intel would be wise (which you can't count on from them) to release Yonah as soon as possible. Why? Because with a decent adaptor like the one that Asus put out for the current Pentium M, you could perhaps have a dual core chip (albeit at a costly premium) that might not get both heat, power and performance trounced by AMD. When AMD drops the x2 to 65nm it's really going to get ugly and I honestly think they may have to turn to a desktop adapted Yonah to hold the fort on the extreme end (the pricier purchasers). Mobile chips bring in the $$ anyway for Intel and maintaining a technology lead in that area would be good too. And if 64bit takes as long as I think it will to start showing useful results to the common user, Yonah would do just fine to show a low power consuming dual core from Intel can and does perform right up there with a AMD X2 design.

I note from the slide that Yonah is H2 05. That would maybe indicate that Intel sees the writing on the wall and has the technical wherewithal to make that possible. We shall see. When X2 comes AMD is going to sell as many as they can make I suspect. It has a perfect drop in upgrade path which is another thorn in Intel's side.

We shall see :)

Intel needs to get these new processors out ASAP. They have finally learned their lesson at the hands of AMD. Assuming they don't stuff it up again somehow, these new design should put them back in the game.

Thats Great news for me b/c i'm waitnig for quite a long time to become intel destop processor's complete 64 bit capable .