Intel Ultra Mobile Platform 2007, A100/A110 CPUs Announced

Intel today officially annnounced the Ultra Mobile Platform 2007, formerly codenamed “McCaslin”, designed for use in Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPC) and in Mobile Internet Devices (MID). This second-generation ultra-mobile platform uses Intel’s new A100 and A110 processors, 945GU Express Chipset, and ICH7 I/O Controller Hub.

Intel A100 and A110 processors, codenamed “Stealey” are clocked at 600MHz and 800MHz, respectively. Both feature 400MHz front-side bus and 512KB of L2 cache, as well as thermal design power (TDP) of 3W.

The available information on the 945GU Express Chipset and Ultra Mobile Platform 2007′s Controller Hub confirm the earlier report about its features.

UMPC and MID systems based on Intel’s new platform will be available over the summer from Aigo, Asus, Fujitsu, Haier, HTC and Samsung, Anand Chandrasekher, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Ultra Mobility Group, said.

The first showcased Ultra Mobile Platform 2007 device is HTC’s Shift, presented at CTIA Wireless show in Orlando last month.

Posted on April 18th, 2007
In: Laptop News, MIDs, Ultra Mobile (UMPC)
By Danijel Zivkovic