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Intel introduces 12 new chips 
Tuesday, October 02 2001
by Matthew Clark


Intel has introduced 12 new and enhanced mobile processors, seeking to keep
pressure on competitors in the difficult market for semiconductors. 

Among the new chips introduced on Monday is a Pentium III-M that operates at 1.2
gigahertz, which is the fastest mobile processor currently available. The company
also announced that it is introducing an "ultra low voltage" processor
designed to operate at under one volt while consuming less than half a watt of
power when in battery-optimised mode. In all, six new Pentium III-M chips and six
lower-cost Celeron mobile chips were announced. 





The new products introduced by the company are the newest indications of Intel's
increased efforts in the mobile processor market in recent quarters amid
competition from its rivals. The Pentium III-M processors were first introduced
in July, and were the company's first chips to be built using 0.13-micron process
technology. The company's new micron process technology refers to the size of the
circuits that are printed on the silicon chips.



By shrinking the size of the circuits, Intel has been able to include more power
and architectural enhancements into a smaller device. Using the technology the
company has also been able to yield more chips per silicon wafer produced,
reducing its overall manufacturing costs. 





Other advancements in the Pentium III-M chips include a larger memory cache, used
to temporarily store data which is used repeatedly. The chips also use a
technology called SpeedStep, which enables the processors to operate at lower
speeds when the computer is running on battery power and higher speeds when
plugged into a socket. 





Frank Spindler, vice president and general manager of Intel's mobile platforms
group, said the chips would bring the Pentium III-M to even the smallest notebook
PCs. 



However, competition among mobile microprocessor makers has increased in recent
months as sales in desktop PCs have slumped. Transmeta has emerged as a major
competitor to Intel with its low-power Crusoe processors. 



Meanwhile AMD, Intel's old archrival, has stepped up the power and speed of its
Athlon and Duron processors in both the laptop and desktop markets. On the same
day that Intel introduced its new chips, AMD announced a 1.1GHz Duron processor
for the PC market. 



AMD's new chip matches the clock speed of Intel's 1.1GHz Celeron, and industry
watchers have said that the new Duron chip could offer better overall value.