Pentium M

Introduced in March 2003, the Pentium M is an x86 architecture microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel and forms part of the Intel Centrino platform. The processor was originally designed for use in laptop personal computers, thus the "M" for mobile. It was codenamed "Banias" before its introduction. The codenames of the Pentium M are all locations in Israel, the location of the Pentium M design team.

Merom

Intel expects to launch the Merom core in the third quarter of 2006. Merom will support the EM64T instruction set and will serve as the mobile version of a new desktop core, codenamed Conroe which is different from the existing Pentium M and Pentium 4 processors. Merom's design, like that of the Pentium M, places emphasis on both high performance and low power consumption, consuming about half of the power consumed by Dothan. Ultra low voltage Merom chips will consume as little as 0.5W of power, enabling ultra portable laptops to have battery lives in the tens of hours.

Related Topics:
EM64T - Conroe - Pentium 4

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