Intel slips out low-voltage Core 2 Duos
updated 04:40 pm EST, Fri February 2, 2007
Intel low-voltage Core 2
Intel this week quietly introduced its low voltage Core 2 Duo. The chip is the first of its kind from the company meant for ultraportables and other systems that need lower power and heat but still desktop level performance. Even at peak power, the new Core chip consumes only 17 watts, Intel says -- nearly half that of its fully-powered desktop chips. The two chips retain all the features of their larger counterparts and store 4MB of L2 cache shared between their dual 64-bit cores.
The chip designer is currently shipping two variants, the 1.33GHz L7200 and 1.5GHz L7400. Both are expected soon in pre-assembled notebooks; an even lower-power, ultra-low voltage version currently known only as the U7500 is expected in the Spring and should find its way into the smallest notebooks, such as the 11-inch VAIO TX. [via The Register]
