Rambus used in 830 notebooks

The chipsets support regular PC-133 memory but according to datasheets recently posted on Intel's site, they also, optionally, support "local DRDRAM" memory, This is Rambus memory which as far as we can judge, is soldered on to notebook mobos, and which is used to speed up graphics options in the notebook chips.

The La Intella datasheet on the 830 chipset is here.

This brings us back to the Intel mobile roadmap. While no-doubt La Intella will indoctrinate hacks [educate hacks, Mike. Ed] on future advances in the notebook processor market, it will be a couple of weeks from now before Intel goes a-price slashing on the notebook platform.

And it will be a little while until Intel is ready to sample its Pentium 4 Northwood notebook chips, which are still on its roadmap for Q2 of next year at 1.7GHz- not so far off now as it was when we revealed this in May. This will be for full size notebooks - in Q3 we'll see notebook P4s at over 1.7GHz

In the same quarter, Intel will intro PIII-Ms for thin and light notebooks at over 1.33GHz, with low voltage PIII-Ms for mini notebooks in Q2 of next year at 933MHz.

There will be 650MHz Celeron chips for mini notebooks in Q4 of this year, and as we've said before, from Q2 of next year all new speed revs will only support the 133MHz bus. Ultra low voltage mobile PIIIs for sub notebooks will appear in Q1 and Q2 of next year, with a 133MHz bus model appearing in the first quarter of next year at 833MHz.

The ultra low voltage 133MHz PSB - the equivalent of front side bus for Celeron notebook chips - will be added in Q2 of next year at 666MHz.

The 830M/MG chipset support arrives in the first quarter of next year.

This is what the pricing will look like on the 16th of September next.

The PIII-M at 1.13GHz will cost $508, the 1.06GHz chip $401, the 1GHz PIII-M $294.

The Pentium III-1GHz will then drop to $321, the 933MHz to $241 making the 900MHz chip defunct, while the PII-M 866MHz chip will cost $198 (it's currently $251), and the PIII-850 and the PIII 800MHz parts disappearing completely.

When the PIII-M at 1.2GHz is launched it will cost $722, while the value Celeron 900 at its launch (after September) will cost $134.

On the 16th of September, the Celeron 850 mobile chip will cost $107, the Celeron-800 $91, the 750 $75 and the Celeron-700 $75. These prices make for low priced notebooks, we'd venture.

Introductions after September include the Celeron 900 Coppermine-T at $134, the Coppermine T 866 at $107, the Coppermine T-800 at $91, and the Coppermine T-733 at $75.

A 650MHz low voltage Celeron was supposed to launch in the first quarter of next year but will now be introduced in the fourth quarter. µ