One of the chaps we talked to during IDF let slip that Intel is working on a version of the Core i7 processors which will have a lower TDP than the current 130W model, which is indeed good news, as no-one likes a hot running processor.

We didn't get too many details, just that the new versions, which might include new models, will be out sometime in the first half of 2009. It looks like it might well be worth waiting for these new processors, especially if you're worried about the iffy memory issues we wrote about here.

Hopefully, we'll manage to dig out some more details about this upcoming revision of the Core i7, but as for now, you'll have to make do with the fact that there's a model with lower TDP coming which, if nothing else, should make a few overclockers out there happy.