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OtherHitachi Brings Intel Pentium M-Based Desktops.Centrino Goes DesktopsCategory: Other by Anton Shilov [ 04/21/2004 | 05:43 PM ]
With increasingly power-hungry Pentium 4 processors gaining market share, it was just a matter of time for low-power Pentium M chips to find themselves in desktop computers for those, who are not satisfied with mainstream Intel’s chips.
Small form-factor desktops based on Intel Pentium M processor is not a new idea. Back in 2003 a mainboard maker released a mini-ITX mainboard for desktops with Socket 479 for Intel’s mobile processors found in all Centrino notebooks. Surging power consumption and problems it causes put Intel Pentium 4 in pretty difficult position when it comes to quiet desktops. Even though it is possible to move Pentium M chips into desktop PCs, some users still require more computing power than they can provide. Intel is reportedly reconsidering its strategy for such CPUs with the actual results scheduled to see the light of the day in 2006. According to currently available information, mobile processor code-named Merom, featuring a completely redone micro-architecture, with relatively low power consumption and exceptionally high performance per clock, about 20% - 30% higher than that of predecessors, will beget a chip for desktops. Intel’s microprocessor code-named Pricing of Related news
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