Intel's New Mobile Processor

In 2 weeks' time Intel plans to unveil
a new mobile processor that will
dramatically cut power consumption.
The chip will be released at Intel
Developer Forum to be held between
23-25 August in San Francisco.

Reducing power consumption has been
a major theme in chip design for
several years. A more power-efficient
chip not only allows mobile battery
-powered devices to last longer, but
cuts the heat production of servers in
enterprises and inside the case for desktop computers.

Intel's current mobile Pentium M is
based on the technology from the
Pentium desktop processor. As the new
chip has been designed from the ground up with energy-conservation in
special consideration, the project could finally succeed to offer additional
power savings.

The move to dual-core processors for mainstream PCs was fuelled in
part by the need to increase processing power without increasing power
consumption. Multi-core processors were traditionally found only in
high-end systems.