Intel to unveil mobile dual-core processor
Chip maker, Intel, is giving mobile computing a boost in performance and much better power efficiency, with a goal of enabling eight-hour continuous battery life by 2008.
Intel's sequel to the Centrino mobile platform, code-named Napa, is equipped with its Yonah dual-core processor technology that promises to be nearly 40 percent faster than the current Sonoma Intel Pentium M 780 processor, director of mobile marketing programs for Intel, Karen Regis, said.
Dual-core technology uses two separate processors for a single computer enabling faster performance, reduced power consumption and more efficient simultaneous processing of multiple tasks.
To be officially launched in January, the new Napa mobile platform is 42 per cent more power-efficient than the current Sonoma Centrino, with reduced average battery power from over four watts to three watts.
Intel is expecting a big increase in the adoption of mobile computers in businesses, noting that almost 40 percent of Intel processors being shipped into the market go to notebook computers, and a large portion of those notebooks goes to businesses, Regis said.
