Intel Delivers New Low Power Processors for Ultra-Portable Mobile PCS; Systems Available Worldwide from Leading PC Makers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2001 Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking today introduced new mobile processors designed specifically for the smallest, lightest mobile PCs, delivering the industry's lowest power consumption and highest performance for the ultra-portable mobile PC segment. Mobile PCs powered by these new processors offer longer battery life and great performance to run today's demanding applications. These new low-power mobile processors are shipping today, with systems available from: Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. , Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. , Fujitsu Limited, Gateway, Inc., Hewlett Packard Company, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corporation, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Matsushita-Panasonic, Sharp, Sony Corporation, Sotec and Toshiba Corporation (company) Toshiba Corporation - A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, .* "Every leading PC maker who designs ultra-portable notebooks has embraced Intel low-power processors and is introducing a variety of exciting new systems based on Intel products," said Don MacDonald, marketing director, Intel Mobile Platforms Group. "Mobile PCs based on Intel low-power processors deliver the best combination of performance, portability and longer battery life, so buying a smaller notebook won't mean sacrificing performance." Today's announcement includes the Ultra Low Voltage Low voltage is an electrical engineering term that broadly identifies safety considerations of an electricity supply system based on the voltage used. While different definitions exist for the exact voltage range covered by "low voltage", the most commonly used ones include "mains mobile Pentium See Pentium M. (R) III processor at 600 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , the world's lowest power PC processor, and the Low Voltage mobile Pentium III processor at 750 MHz. Both processors feature Intel SpeedStep(TM) technology, combining the industry's highest performance and extended battery life. These new processors are optimized for ultra-portable mobile PCs. Additionally, Intel announced the Ultra Low Voltage mobile Celeron(TM) processor at 600 MHz, the Low Voltage mobile Celeron processor at 600 MHz and mobile Intel Celeron processor at 800 MHz. These new processors enable PC makers to design every size mobile PC at affordable prices. Intel Mobile Processor Families Intel has three different families of Pentium III and Celeron processors that are specially engineered to meet the performance, power, cooling and size requirements for every size mobile PC. For the full-size and thin-and-light segment, the most popular categories for mobile PCs, Intel offers the mobile Pentium III processor at speeds up to 1 GHz. Intel has shipped hundreds of thousands of the mobile 1 GHz processor and every leading PC maker has introduced one or more systems based on this high performance mobile processor. For the mini-notebook segment, Intel delivers a performance boost to the Low Voltage mobile Pentium III processor at 750 MHz, while the Ultra Low Voltage mobile Pentium III processor 600 MHz is optimized for the emerging sub-notebook category. All mobile Pentium III processors feature the Intel SpeedStep technology, which offers two modes of operation: Maximum Performance Mode for high levels of performance and Battery Optimized Mode to help extend battery life. The Intel SpeedStep technology automatically detects whether AC power is available and scales the clock frequency to deliver the optimum balance between performance and longer battery life. In addition, Intel's QuickStart technology can power down the processor to less than a tenth of a watt during any application -- even between keystrokes. The processors feature a 100 MHz system bus, 256 Kilobyte (thousand bytes). For technical specifications, it refers to 1,024 bytes. In general usage, it typically refers to an even one thousand bytes (see kilo). Also KB, Kbyte and K-byte. See space/time. (unit) kilobyte - (KB) 2^10 = 1024 bytes. See prefix. full-speed Advanced Transfer Cache The Advanced Transfer Cache (ATC) is Intel's name for the L2 cache contained within their processors, starting with the Pentium III "Coppermine". In "Coppermine" it offered a significant boost in cache performance resulting in notable per clock performance gains for the CPU when , Advanced System Buffering and Streaming SIMD extensions (architecture) Streaming SIMD Extensions - (SSE) Intel Corporation's floating point SIMD extention of their Pentium microprocessor architecture. SSE was formerly know as KNI (Katmai New Instructions). It was introduced with the Pentium III. Intel Pentium III. ipoem. and are based on Intel's 0.18 micron process technology for low voltage operation.
New Mobile Processors
Processor Frequency Average Operating Pricing
Power** Voltage (qty 1,000)
Ultra Low
Voltage Mobile 600/300 MHz less than 0.975 volts $209
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 0.5 watt in Battery
III Processor in Battery Optimized
featuring Optimized Mode
Intel SpeedStep(TM) Mode
technology
Low Voltage Mobile 750/500 MHz less than 1.10 volts $316
Intel Pentium III 1 watt in in Battery
Processor featuring Battery Optimized
Intel SpeedStep Optimized Mode
technology Mode
Ultra Low Voltage
Mobile Intel 600 MHz less than 1.10 volts $144
Celeron 1 watt
processor
Low Voltage Mobile 600 MHz less than 1.35 volts $134
Intel Celeron 2 watts
processor
Intel Mobile 800 MHz less than 1.6 volts $170
Celeron(TM) 3.0 watts
Processors
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. * Third party marks and brands are property of their respective holders. ** For more information on Intel's mobile power measurement, visit: http://developer.intel.com/design/mobile/perfbref/ |
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