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INTC -- Intel to Announce New Mobile Processors SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Reuters) - Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC - news) on Monday will announce 12 new, faster and more power-efficient microprocessors designed for laptop computers as the world's largest chipmaker seeks to expand into lighter and lighter notebooks. With the chips, whose speeds range from a 700 Megahertz chip that can consume as little as half a watt of electricity to ones running at 1.2 Gigahertz, Intel said its mobile chips now span the entire range of the mobile computing market. In all, six new Pentium III-M chips and six lower-cost Celeron mobile chips are being announced. Prior to these new processors, Intel's mobile chips had primarily targeted laptops weighing 5 lbs. and more, machines that are often referred to as ``luggable'' laptops and boast performance can match many desktop PCs available. The Pentium III-M chips are using Intel's latest chipmaking technology, in which the width of transistors are 0.13 microns apart. A human hair is about 100 microns wide. Intel had announced five Pentium III chips using 0.13 micron technology toward the end of July, but they were intended primarily for heavier, more performance-based laptops. ``We are taking the Pentium III-M into the smallest category of mobile PCs,'' said Frank Spindler, head of Intel's mobile platforms group. ``With these you can go to sub-3 lbs. and tablet (sized) types of systems.'' Laptops using the latest chips will start hitting shelves early in October, and another wave is expected early next year using Intel's 830 chipsets, which it also will announce on Monday. The Intel 830M chipset is designed for high-performance graphics and video while the Intel 830MG is meant for lower-cost systems, the company said. Of all the microprocessors sold, about 20 percent end up in laptop PCs, where long battery life coupled with high performance is considered paramount. Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD - news) has, in the last several quarters, begun to target the laptop-PC market, but Intel said that its competitive position against AMD remains strong, according to Spindler. ``We see nothing else on the competitive landscape that comes close to offering the performance and lower power consumption in a mobile processor,'' Spindler said in a Friday conference call to discuss the announcement. He added later in an interview that the Santa Clara, California-based company is also pleased with how it's faring against Transmeta Corp (news - web sites). (Nasdaq:TMTA - news). Transmeta has designed competing lower-power-consuming chips, but are found mostly in super-small laptops that are popular in Japan. ``We are doing extremely well,'' Spindler said. ``We've had significant growth in our ultra-thin, low-power notebooks.'' Prices range from $209 to $722 each for the Pentium III-M chips and from $107 to $134 for the mobile Celeron chips, Intel said.