Mobile Pentiums get faster

 

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Posted on 1 Oct 2001 at 12:22

Lighter notebooks and sub-notebooks are the intended home for Intel's latest Pentium III-M chips, including one running at 1.2GHz.

There are six new processors in total, with the fastest now running at 1.2GHz. They are all manufactured to Intel's 0.13micron process and are optimised for mini- and sub-notebooks, as well tablet PCs.

"This introduction extends the benefits of the mobile Pentium III processor-M to the smallest mobile PCs," said Frank Spindler, VP and general manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group. "Small, sleek, fast, with great battery life - our best mobile technology now comes in every size system."

Architectural features that Intel is highlighting include use of SpeedStep, 512Kb of L2 cache and a Data Prefetcher. The SpeedStep technology can automatically switch between "Maximum Performance Mode" and "Battery Optimized Mode" for extending battery life, which supports power levels as low as two tenths of a watt or less.

The latest offerings, Intel claims, provide a performance gain of up to 64 per cent over the previous offerings.

It was back in July that Intel released the previously fastest 1.13GHz version of the PIII Processor-M.

Intel has also introduced two new versions of its 830 mobile chipset: the Intel 830M provides "performance-oriented" integrated graphics for 3D and video on mainstream notebooks, and the Intel 830MG provides "value-oriented" graphics capability for lower-cost systems.

Author: Alun Williams