On Tuesday Intel announced its Q2 2006 earnings, during the report CEO Paul Otellini revealed that Intel have moved forward the schedule for Quad-Core processors to Q4 of 2006 instead of Q1 2007.
The first two processors are dubbed Kentsfield and Clovertown which are effectively twin-die Core 2 Duo's. Kentsfield is aimed for the Desktop market, such as the upcoming Mac Pro and Clovertown is aimed at the server market, such as the yet to be released Intel based Xserve.