Intel Corp on Monday introduced two new Pentium processors for the mobile computing market that the company says consume up to 50% less power than its previous generation mobile processors. The 200- and 233-MHz Pentiums with MMX technology are the first products to be shipped that are based on Intel’s 0.25 micron technology. Intel says the new manufacturing technology decreases the core voltage from 2.45 volts to 1.8 volts. The new chips are available in two packages – the 320-pin Tape Carrier Packaging and the Intel Mobile Module, which combines a processor and PCI set in a single unit that plugs into the system’s motherboard. The TCP goes for $530 for the 200-MHz and $691 for the 233-MHz. The mobile modules are $604 and $764, respectively. Several PC makers – including Gateway 2000 Inc, Hewlett-Packard Co and Micron Electronics Inc – rallied around the Intel announcement, pledging that they would be using the new processors in future notebook computers.
