PC creators Hewlett-Packard and Dell have drop details about novel quad-core laptop processors from Intel proceeding to launch of the chips.

Details regarding the novel quad-core Core i7-840QM and Core i7-740QM processors were situated by HP on its Web site in a physical for the Envy 17 laptop. Dell earlier scheduled the chips as obtainable for the Studio 15 laptop, and information is still available on a Google cache page.

The 840QM processor runs at 1.86GHz and contains 8MB of cache. The processor includes Turbo Boost technology to ratchet up clock speed to 3.2 GHz for quicker application presentation.

The Core i7-740QM runs at a support clock speed of 1.73GHz, with the aptitude to go up to 2.93 GHz, and includes 6MB of cache. The processors resolve draw 45 watts of power.

The laptops are substitutes for desktops and are targeted at fanatic like gamers. HP initiates the Envy 17 laptop earlier this month and said it would include quad-core processors, without identifies whether those chips would be from Intel or Advanced Micro Devices.

AMD declared novel dual-, triple- and quad-core laptop chips earlier this month.