The recent news on Intel unveiled the fact that the giant chip manufacturer plans to release revisions of some of its processors that would feature G0 stepping. According to the news, three of the company's Napa mobile processors, namely the 2.16 GHz T7400 and 1.50 GHz L7400, both Core 2 Duo, as well as the Celeron M 530, will be moving to the G0 stepping in the first quarter of the next year.
Currently, the named processors feature B2 stepping. The Santa Clara based chip maker also plans a new CPUID (06FBh) for the revisions. Moreover, the processors will come with a die size which will be optimized for the manufacturing process, yet it seems that the thermal characteristics of the chips will remain the same.
Since the upcoming revisions will feature a new CPUID, they will also need fresh BIOS, so that the G0 processors could be properly detected by the system. Intel is reported planning on shipping samples of the G0 stepping mobile CPUs sometime next month. The PGA parts will start shipping on December 3rd, while the BGA parts will be provided starting with December 23rd. The chip maker will start shipping the new revisions in large numbers in February next year.
Intel is making these major changes to its mobile processors on the background of the upcoming launch of its newest micro-architecture, Nehalem. The first chips under Nehalem will arrive on November 17th this year, and are designed for desktop systems, yet the company also plans to release mobile CPUs in the second half of 2009.
The next-generation mobile Nehalem processors are expected to offer leveraged performance levels and reduced energy needs in comparison to currently available chips on the market. Also, it is a known fact that Intel managed to develop the most power-efficient processor on the market, dubbed Atom, which powers both mobile and desktop systems.
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