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Intel sets ambush on trail to Yukon
AN INTEL spokesman told the INQ the firm is "planning to release new dual-core, Penryn family, 45nm notebook processors in the March/April timeframe".
"We've had ULVs for years and this is just a natural extension of this product line," he bragged.
Variants would include both low-voltage, ultra-low-voltage and power-optimised performance processors "packaged appropriately for each platform type".
"We will also be introducing single-core, Penryn family, 45nm processors including an ultra-low voltage sku", he said.
Blabbermouths in Taiwan's notebook manufacturing business are being a tad more specific, predicting the Intel offerings will include a Core 2 Duo SU9600 with a core frequency of 1.6GHz and a Core 2 Solo SU3500 at 1.4GHz.
The pair would be tagged on to Intel's existing CULV product line, which includes the SU9400, SU9300, SU3300 and Celeron 723.
The INQ has also been told by industry sources the new CULVs will have a package size of 22mm by 22mm.
Meanwhile, AMD's Yukon platform, based on the Neo processor, X1250 integrated graphics and optional Mobility Radeon HD 3410, has already made a debut in HP's Pavilion dv2 notebook.
But from what we hear, Intel may be twisting HP's arm to use its upcoming CULV platform for HP's 13.3in Mini-Note notebook, due out in June.
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AMD's Yukon platform is a BlackJack. Remember that.
Rock solid,fast and reliable.
Bang for bucks.
Unfortunately, I don't this "game on" is appropriate here. AMD never had any true laptop platform which challenged Intel's offerings. They still don't, and probably in the near future they still won't.
I'm not anti-AMD at all. More than half of my desktop machines in the household are AMD-based. However, AMD has always been grossly lacking in the mobile department.
Lucky for AMD, and unlucky for Intel, the market for ultra low voltage CPUs has always been very small relative to the general laptop needs of business and private consumers. Therefore AMD doesn't stand to lose very much.