Although Intel spent considerable energy in 2000 and 2001 devising low-energy versions of its Pentium III chip for slim notebooks, it won't do the same with the Pentium 4, company executives said Wednesday.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker next week will release the first version of the Pentium 4 for notebooks, according to sources. The chip will be available in both the 7- to 8-pound desktop replacement notebooks as well as the 4- to 5-pound "thin-and-light" notebooks that are taking over the industry.
The company, however, won't try to fit the chip into the smallest, thinnest notebooks on the market, which require chips that consume an average of a watt or less of power.
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