14 DAY TRIAL // Apparently, while AMD is busy selling its new six-core and quad-core Phenom II central processing units, Intel is aiming for the mobile market, having unleashed several new Celeron and Core series dual-core models of up to 2.80 GHz.
The new central processing units (CPUs) that Intel Corp. has, according to reports, unleashed are eight in number.
The chips cover a fairly wide segment of the IT market, boasting different clocks, TDPs (thermal design powers) and, of course, prices.
One of the chips, the so-called Celeron T3500, is the least impressive, although ,to its credit, it is also most affordable.
Being priced at $80 while providing two cores with clocks of 2.1 GHz, as well as 1MB L2 cache at a TDP of 35W.
Things step up with the P4600, a dual-core with a speed of just 2.0 GHz but 3MB L3 cache at the same TDP as above, only priced at $86.
The third CPU, selling for $250, is the Core i5-560UM and has two cores at 1.33 GHz, plus a L3 cache memory of 3MB, but its TDP is of only 18W.
Up on the performance ladder is the Core i7-680UM, of 1.46 GHz, 4MB L3 cache memory and the same 18W TDP.
Intel has also prepared the i7-660LM, with two 2.26 GHz cores, 4MB of cache and a supposed TDP of 25W.
What's more, there are the Core i5-560M and the i5-580M among the newcomers, with 3MB cache, a 35W TDP and clock speed of 2.66 GHz.
Said clock speed can go to 3.2 GHz and 3.33GHz in turbo mode, respectively, and the two sell for $225 and $266, respectively.
Finally, the Santa Clara, California-based company developed the Intel Core i7-640M, which boasts a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz, plus a cache memory of 4MB and a TDP of 35W.