Intel Announces New Mobile CPUs

Intel Logo At the Intel Developer Forum last week, Intel announced the general availability of the same types of Merom-based CPUs that are currently powering the Ultra-lightweight 13.3″ Apple MacBook Air. This was speculated back in Lenovo ThinkPad X301 and the HP EliteBook 2530p, among others. All are 45nm.

1066MHz Front Side Bus
– Low Voltage (LV)
SL9300 (1.6GHz, 6MB L2), 17W TDP, $316
SL9400 (1.8GHz, 6MB L2), 17W TDP, $284

800MHz Front Side Bus
– Ultra Low Voltage (ULV)
SU9300 (1.2GHz, 3MB L2), 10W TDP, $289
SU9400 (1.4GHz, 3MB L2), 10W TDP, $262

These were also announced:

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20 Million Intel Atoms in 2008, Sony and Fujitsu Netbooks

DigiTimes is reporting that Intel is going to ship 20 million Atom CPUs this year. Yes, that’s right, 2008. With the majority going into netbooks, that’s pretty impressive. The news comes from a report published by the Chinese-language Commercial Times, and it says that Intel … Read more

Intel Reveals Dual-Core Atom 330

Intel Atom Intel has officially revealed information about the first of the dual-core Atoms, the Atom 330. The version mentioned is the desktop version (N330), but much of it applies to the netbook market since the chipsets, specs, etc., are so similar.

Specifications (that should be in netbooks)
– Still a 533MHz FSB
– HyperThreading still present (may look like four cores, but really two cores)
– Desktop version based on 945GC Express chipset
– GMA 950 integrated graphics
– 2GB (Maximum) of 533MHz or 667MHz DDR2 Memory

They’ve released a fact sheet about the desktop / nettop version as well.

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Intel: “Atom is off to a very, very rapid start..”

If there is one company that doesn’t need convincing that the Intel Atom CPU and the netbooks it’s being utilized in are going to be successful, it’s Intel. Reuters / InformationWeek are reporting that sales of the low voltage, low-cost CPU are much better than … Read more

Dual-Core Intel Atom in September?

If Fudzilla is right, a dual-core Intel Atom CPU could be introduced as soon as the end of September. An introduction date of September 21, 2008, is cited. The Atom is in quite a few popular netbooks / sub-notebooks, such as the Acer Aspire One, … Read more