Intel Releases New Laptop CPUs; Cuts Prices

Intel released yesterday the new notebook processors and cut laptop CPU prices for up to 40 percent.

Along with the recently introduced Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900, the chip maker has added the Core 2 Duo T7800 model at 2.6GHz to its mobile processor price list. The T7800 costs $530, while the prices for the older T7700 and the T7500 are decreased from $530 and $316 to $316 and $241 respectively.

Intel also introduced the Core 2 Duo T7250 at 2GHz, which has the same specifications as the existing T7200, except the decreased front side bus from 800MHz to 667MHz. The T7250 is priced at $209 and is cheaper than T7200 for $85.

Regarding processors primarily designed for ultraportable laptops, the company released the ultra-low voltage Core 2 Solo U2100 and U2200 units, featuring clock speeds of 1.06 GHz and 1.2 GHz respectively. The U2100 and U2200 ULV CPUs have 1MB of L2 cache and use a 533MHz FSB. Unlike the other Core 2 processors, which have two CPU cores, the Core 2 Solo models have a single core. The U2100 and U2200 ULV chips have power consumption of 5.5W.

The changes have been also made in the low-cost Intel Celeron M laptop CPU line.

“The mobile Celeron M line was expanded with the 2GHz 550 and the 1.73GHz 530, in at $134 and $86, respectively. The existing 1.86GHz 540 saw its price call from $134 to $107, a drop of 20 per cent,” ChannelRegister reports.

The listed prices are per processor when sold in batches of 1000 units.

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