The PR battle has already started, although Dunnington is still being developed at the moment. Thanks to a presentation authored by Sun Microsystems, we have found out a few more details about Dunnington, Intel’s upcoming six cores microprocessor. The “leaked” presentation has the merit to shed the necessary light on Intel’s revolutionary microprocessor, so that we can already put Dunnington on the list with things we want for Christmas.

The popular chip maker had previously hinted that Dunnington might have four cores or more, but the company had never mentioned exactly how many cores the new chip would have and whether it would re-use Intel’s multi-chip module technology of cramming several different chips into one powerful package. But now, the mystery is over, as sources familiar with Intel’s interesting project confirmed that Sun Microsystems’ leaked presentation was accurate. Dunnington will be a microprocessor featuring all its six cores on a single chip.

But, the presentation offers even more surprising details about Intel’s plans for the future; it seems that the chip maker has also plans to launch the Nehalem generation of chips later this year. These next generation chips will come with an integrated memory controller and point-to-point interconnectivity between their cores.

When asked about all these hot details, Intel’s spokesman Nick Knupffer declined to comment on Dunnington, but said that "Nehalem is on track and a screamer, but we're not going to comment further."