Intel to Speed Up the Release of Penryn?

As reported by Intel, ramping up of the 45nm engraving process for mass production of next generation Core 2 Duo, aka Penryn, is well on track. Today, TG daily reports that it could even be ahead of schedule, as Intel could release first batches of Penryn as soon as July 15th. According to a NDA, the first pre-release Penryn CPUs could be available on this date with initial sample shipments are scheduled late Q2.
So, first test and reviews on the Penryn will be available on July 15th, and we will be able to evaluate the improvement and performance gain due to the 45nm process. For sure, the finest engraving will be interesting for the Quad Core Penryn expected to hit the shelves by Q3-Q4 2007.
Intel probably decided to speed up the availability of the Penryn to compete with AMD Barcelona. Mac users could benefit of the such race for performance for desktop CPU if only Apple would decide to adopt Penryn in iMac or in a consumer-oriented Mac Pro model to come...