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April 19, 2006 10:29 AM PDT

Intel finally unveils low-voltage chips

by Tom Krazit
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Intel annnounced two new low-power processors Wednesday, weeks after Gateway launched a new notebook with the Ultra Low Voltage Core Solo chip.

Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager David Perlmutter announced the chips during his keynote address Wednesday morning in Beijing, where Intel was holding one of its Intel Developer Forums. Two versions will be available at first, the U1300 Core Solo processor running at 1.06GHz, and the U1400 Core Solo running at 1.2GHz.

The Ultra Low Voltage Core Solo chips consume only 5.5 watts of power when running at their maximum, allowing PC makers to use them without cooling fans in really small notebooks such as Gateway's NX100X and Fujitsu's Q2010. Both notebooks were announced with the chips before Intel got around to confirming their existence. Intel has released Ultra Low Voltage and Low Voltage versions of its Pentium M processors in the past.

Tom Krazit writes about the ever-expanding world of Internet search, including Google, Yahoo, online advertising, and portals, as well as the evolution of mobile computing. He has written about traditional PC companies, chip manufacturers, and mobile computers, spending the last three years covering Apple. E-mail Tom.
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