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Friday, Dec 21, 2007 10:40am
Apple to pick up Intel's UM... |
Apple will use the chipsets that form the basis of Intel's ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) and mobile Internet device (MID) reference platforms, according to a claim by AppleInsider. Expanding on previous statements from Taiwan suppliers, the rumor site points to Apple using the 45-nanometer Silverthorne mobile chip for "multiple products" during 2008. The small manufacturing process lets it run as quickly as the better Pentium M chips that preceded the Core Duo but consume less than 2 watts of power -- less than a tenth of a typical notebook processor, based on Intel's own figures. Modern Core 2 Duo notebook processors consume an average 25 watts or more at their thermal design limits.The design also allows for extremely small mainboards based on the accompanying Menlow platform that can fit into complete computer systems, according to the chipmaker: a mobile device can fit in a surface area as little as 2.9 by 5.6 inches. The technology can also be adapted to smaller hardware such as cellphone; with enough space, it can aso add long-range wireless technologies such as WiMAX. This may lead not only to a widely speculated |