This does not indicate Penryn is any closer. The P35 chipset is part of the Bearlake platform that has been on the roadmaps for a while. If I'm not mistaken, it was actually supposed to be out Q1 originally. It supports current C2D just fine. Someone can use it now with an upgrade path to Penryn later.
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