Asian web-sources report that Intel Corporation recently began to supply its notebook partners the faster Pentium 4 processors with reduced power-consumption. The chips do not feature any power-saving technologies, but boast with higher clock-speeds and 533MHz Quad Pumped Bus.

The hybrid microprocessors that consume about 40-45W of energy first emerged in middle-2002. Intel’s partners said that those processors are intended for desktop-replacement mobile personal computers and consume 15-20W less energy compared to ordinary desktop CPUs. In order to distinguish between mobile, desktop and desktop-replacement microprocessors, Intel call these chips as Intel Pentium 4C, whereas processors for notebooks are branded as Intel Pentium 4-M.

The Pentium 4C CPUs are available now at speeds of 2.40, 2.66, 2.80 and 3.06GHz. They all utilise 533MHz Quad Pumped Bus, however, do not sport the Hyper-Threading technology, like the Pentium 4 chips for desktops announced today. 

Being less advanced than mobile Pentium 4-M processors in terms of power consumption, these CPUs offer performance similar to desktop Intel Pentium 4 chips and are priced a bit higher than the latter, but lower compared to the former. Note that Intel does not include the prices of these chip in its official price-list over here.