I’m sure that the people at the Macworld Keynote were so enamored by the thinness of the device that they didn’t think about how Apple crammed a full-fledged Core 2 Duo processor in there. Apparently, Apple and Intel partnered together specially to create a 65nm Merom chip that was planned to launch with Intel’s Montevina laptop later this year. Using an 800Mhz FSB and the Intel 965GMS chipset has made it possible for this chip to be reduced 60% in it’s footprint, and uses only 20W compared to the 35W of the older chip. Intel will be launching this chip later this year, and while these chips may not be the fastest things in the world, they will spark a whole new niche of sub-notebook and ultra-mobile computers.
I’m sure that the people at the Macworld Keynote were so enamored by the thinness of the device that they didn’t think about how Apple crammed a full-fledged Core 2 Duo processor in there. Apparently, Apple and Intel partnered together specially to create a 65nm Merom chip that was planned to launch with Intel’s Montevina laptop later this year. Using an 800Mhz FSB and the Intel 965GMS chipset has made it possible for this chip to be reduced 60% in it’s footprint, and uses only 20W compared to the 35W of the older chip. Intel will be launching this chip later this year, and while these chips may not be the fastest things in the world, they will spark a whole new niche of sub-notebook and ultra-mobile computers.
Via [Anandtech]
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