Intel mobile family gains extra chips

Intel has unveiled faster versions of its Mobile Pentium 4-M, III-M and Mobile Celeron ranges

Intel last week introduced 11 new mobile chips for laptops, including a faster version of its Mobile Pentium 4-M and additions to the Mobile Pentium III-M and Mobile Celeron ranges.

The company said the move offers buyers greater choice by allowing vendors to build notebooks in a range of sizes and formats, including Tablet PCs.

"Intel continues to deliver processors to all mobile market segments, from ultraportable business productivity devices to a thin-and-light digital-media entertainment PCs," said Don MacDonald, director of marketing at Intel's Mobile Platforms Group.

The new Mobile Pentium 4-M processor at 2.2GHz is designed for high-performance laptops. It replaces the 2GHz Mobile Pentium 4-M, introduced in July, as Intel's top mobile chip, and costs $562 (£355) in volume.

New additions to Intel's Mobile Pentium III-M line-up are aimed at ultraportable systems or those requiring long battery life, and run at 1.33GHz and 1.26GHz for $508 (£320) and $401 (£250). A low-voltage version running at 1GHz for $316 (£200), and two ultra-low voltage components at 866MHz and 850MHz, costing $209 (£130), have also been introduced.

New Mobile Celerons have been launched for value laptops. The chips clock at 1.8GHz, 1.7GHz and 1.6GHz, and are based on Pentium 4 technology but have half the L2 cache memory, at 256kB. They cost $149 (£95), $134 (£85) and $112 (£70) respectively. Two ultra-low voltage Mobile Celerons based on older Pentium III technology have also been introduced at 733MHz and 700MHz, both priced at $144 (£90).

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