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To: richard surckla who wrote (75992)	7/19/2001 11:03:05 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Richard> The talk of the town is RDRAM! And what town are YOU dreaming about? Shangra-la!

To: richard surckla who wrote (75992)	7/19/2001 11:38:32 PM
From: richard surckla	Respond to of 93625

Mobile P4's... New Intel Mobile CPUs Strategy Posted 7/19/01 at 6:17 pm by Rat Together with some really giant changes made to the desktop roadmap, the company has also updated its plans in the mobile field, as to our sources. However, the changes in the roadmap are not that drastic that is why the only significant difference from the previous roadmap version is a certain clearance of the long-term prospects. It allows us to better understand Intel’s future position in the mobile market. Intel’s primary task for the near future is to replace all the mobile Pentium III processors based on Coppermine core with the mobile Pentium III CPUs on Tualatin core. The thing is that Tualatin core suits much better for the needs of the mobile market for several reasons. First of all, due to 0.13micron manufacturing technology Tualatin features lower power consumption and heat dissipation that Coppermine. Secondly, mobile Tualatin processors will feature 512KB L2 cache, which will definitely have a positive influence on their performance and will let them represent a worthy response to AMD Athlon 4, a mobile CPU being a No 1 in terms of performance in the mobile market now. In particular, Intel is going to act in the following way. On July 30 Intel will be announcing mobile Tualatin CPUs, which will officially be called Intel Pentium III-M. The models launched at that time will work at 866MHz, 933MHz, 1GHz, 1.06GHz and 1.13GHz. All mobile Tualatins will be intended to support 133MHz FSB and will work with a new chipset, which is to be announced together with them. The chipset will be i830M/i830MP (the two versions will differ by the integrated graphics core). From then on Intel will try to quickly cease the supplies of its mobile Coppermines working at the maximum of 1GHz. They are expected to last till Q1’02 at the most. To strengthen Tualatin’s positions, Intel is going to add one more model with 1.2GHz working frequency in Q4’01. In mid Q1’02, Intel will be launching its Pentium 4 processor into the mobile market. However, it will not mean that we will have to say good-bye to Tualatin CPUs, as it is destined to happen in the desktop market. Mobile Pentium 4 will be targeted only for professional and high-performance full-size notebooks. While for thin and light notebooks, Intel will keep pushing its Tualatin processors. So, in Q1 2002 we can expect Pentium III on Tualatin core working at 1.26GHz. In Q2 2002 Intel will offer Pentium III CPUs on Tualatin core with the working frequency over 1.26GHz. And in Q3 2002 Intel Tualatin processors will exceed 1.33GHz clock frequency. As for mobile Pentium 4 processors, which we have already mentioned, we expect Intel to announce them in February 2002. These CPUs will be based on 0.13micron Northwood core with 512KB L2 cache. Mobile Northwood CPUs will start at 1.5GHz and 1.6GHz at launch, in Q2 2002 there will appear 1.7GHz mobile Northwood, and in Q3 2002 the working frequency of the mobile Northwood processors will grow even higher. In the value notebook sector, Intel plans to continue with mobile Celeron CPUs, however, they will have an enhanced core. First they will acquire Coppermine-T core and then a bit later – Tualatin core. The next mobile Celeron to be announced will feature Coppermine-T core. The advantages of the new processors will include lower Vcore and 133MHz FSB support. To support the new Celeron processors Intel will push forward one more chipset from the Almador family – i830MG (no external AGP support). The first Celeron CPUs based on Coppermine-T core will come out in Q4 and will work at 733MHz, 800MHz and 866MHz. Together with them Intel will also launch Celeron 900MHz, which will be the last Coppermine based mobile Celeron processor with 100MHz FSB. As for Celeron 933MHz due in Q1 2002, it will also feature Coppermine-T core. In Q2 2002 the mobile Celeron processors will undergo one more significant enhancement. They will get new 0.13micron Tualatin core and larger L2 cache increased up to 256KB. These are exactly the features of the mobile Celeron 1GHz due within this timeframe. In Q3 2002 Intel will launch some more Celeron CPUs on Tualatin core working at the frequencies well over 1GHz. But this is not the end yet. Intel will also push its Tualatin core into the low voltage processors aimed at the mini notebooks market. Low voltage Pentium III 800MHz CPU due in Q4 will be already based on Tualatin core and will support 100MHz as well as 133MHz FSB. In Q1 2002 we will see low voltage Pentium III (Tualatin) 850MHz (100MHz FSB) and 866MHz (133MHz FSB). In Q2 2002 low voltage Pentium III (Tualatin) 933MHz is planned. Low voltage Celeron CPUs will also use Tualatin core starting from Q4 2001 and will also feature 256KB L2 cache. In Q4’01 the working frequency of low voltage Celeron processors will reach 650MHz (100MHz FSB), in Q1’02 – 667MHz (133MHz FSB) and in Q2’02 – 733MHz (133MHz FSB). The situation with ultra low voltage processors for sub-notebooks will be very similar. Ultra low voltage Pentium III 700MHz coming out in Q4 will be based on Tualatin core. And the shift to Tualatin core among ultra low voltage Celeron CPUs will take place in Q4 and will start with 650MHz model. This way, we see that Intel is going to fit Tualatin core for all its mobile families. Note that there is a very interesting observation: the smartest Tualatin based CPUs will be mobile Pentium III ones with 512KB L2 cache and 133MHz FSB. Tualatin based processors of a bit lower class will be mobile Celeron CPUs. They will feature 256KB L2 cache but the same 133MHz FSB frequency. The least smart Tualatin based pieces will be the desktop Celeron processors. They will support 100MHz FSB and 128KB L2 cache. www.xbitlabs.com Thx ultijerry from YAHOO.