The announcement of the successor to the Intel Core Duo processor in the summer of 2006 also marked the reunification of Intel's desktop and mobile product lines. Low power consumption was a principal goal of the Intel Core microarchitecture, and the moblie CPU, previously … [Read more...]
Illustrated Intel Centrino Duo technology guide
In January 2006, Intel introduced the revolutionary Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology platform (formerly codenamed Napa), the third generation of the company's Centrino mobile processor technology bundle. Facilitating a whole new generation of thin and light notebook PCs, the following three next … [Read more...]
Intel Sonomo improves wireless integration in mobile devices
Together with the explosive worldwide growth in WLAN hotspots, the unveiling of Intel's second-generation mobile technology platform in January 2005 is expected to lead to the completion of the notebook PC's transition from a portable to a … [Read more...]
Intel Centrino mobile computer platform
The first generation Centrino platform (codenamed Montara) was announced in March 2003. The trio of systems that comprise Centrino focus on battery life and the integration of wireless LAN technology. Only systems that include all three … [Read more...]
Intel Pentium 4-M mobile CPU guide
Intel's Pentium 4-M CPU came to market in the spring of 2002 at a clock frequency of up to 1.7GHz. The CPU's Micro FCPGA packaging technology results in the CPU using less power in both the performance and battery optimised modes, making it run … [Read more...]
Guide to PowerNow! – AMD’s dynamic power management technology
PowerNow! is effectively AMD's version of Intel's SpeedStep technology. The premise is a simple one: some applications require less processing power than others. Word processing, for example, consumes relatively few processor cycles, whereas … [Read more...]
Mobile AMD Athlon 4 technology guide
Emulating Intel's practice of introducing new technology in lower volume market sectors first, AMD's first deployment of the Palomino core was in their Mobile Athlon 4 processor. At the time it appeared that the Athlon 4 nomenclature had more … [Read more...]
AMD’s Mobile Duron technology guide
Until 2001 all of AMD's mobile CPUs had been based on the K6 design. The company's Athlon/Duron family of processors had already succeeded in gaining market share from Intel in the desktop arena, in the performance and value sectors … [Read more...]
Intel XScale – Pocket PC dynamic power management
In the summer of 2000 Intel made a renewed bid to establish a serious foothold in the market for wireless Internet devices with the launch of its low-power microprocessor architecture dubbed XScale. Built on the StrongARM technology Intel … [Read more...]