Intel debuts three new Core 2 Duo procs, new SU2700 ULV chip and GS40 Express Chipset

It doesn't take an Intel-salaried futurist to see that extended battery life and thin form factors are kind of a big deal going forward, while price and performance aren't getting swept away either -- it's been basically the ongoing state of the laptop industry since time began (as Intel has so helpfully illustrated for us). What is new is that form factors and bang-for-buck is truly getting wild of late, and Intel's latest crop of chips should help keep moving things along. In the high end, Intel's Core 2 Duo processor is breaking 3GHz with the 3.06GHz T9900 in the high end, alongside the new P9700 and P8800 chips. Meanwhile, the Pentium SU2700 is a 1.3GHz ULV chip for stuffing in everybody's next low-cost thin and light, while Intel is also introducing the GS40 Express Chipset as a scaled-down, lower power alternative to the GS45, likely for similar aims. No word on price points or availability just yet.

Gallery: Intel debuts three new Core 2 Duo procs, new SU2700 ULV chip and GS40 Express Chipset

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[Richard @ Jun 2nd 2009 12:10AM]

Form factors going wild as of late? Um... No?

Let's face it, we're essentially on the same form factor that Apple introduced back in 1990 with the Powerbook - lower case with keyboard, pointing device and the guts of the machine and a clamshell top with a display. The size is irrelevant. The only devices that step out of this form factor are tablets and tablet convertibles.

[jak0b @ Jun 2nd 2009 12:23AM]

"The size is irrelevant."
Yeah right! You know she's lying, so she won't hurt your feelings.

Believe it or not the size matters - the greater it is the more room there is for extra hardware and cooling.

And wow one post before someone mentioned apple... sigh!

[VanillaSpice @ Jun 2nd 2009 12:38AM]

Don't be an idiot, jak0b - Apple was mentioned because they were the company that made the Powerbook, and the argument being put forward by the OC was that laptop design has not changed substantially since the Powerbook was released. The article was about form factor design, therefore a comment about form factors is perfectly relevant and appropriate. Don't assume that every mention of Apple is a mention out-of-place and out-of-context, because then you're making an ass out of ... yeah, you know.

Also, are you so stridently policing all Apple-related articles for mentions of their competitors, and making similar comments when you find them? No? You ought to have a look - Apple articles have many, many comments talking about Apple's competitors, so why you think it is not okay to mention Apple on an Intel article (which is the exact same thing, after all) is beyond me.

[LondonConsultant @ Jun 2nd 2009 7:20AM]

I think I'm going to mention Kentucky Fried Chicken. It may have as little to do with new low-power CPU processor designs as mentioning Apple, but it is lunchtime and I'm hungry.

[paul34 @ Jun 2nd 2009 12:10AM]

That model is extremely attractive. I'll be the envy of all my friends at my next LAN party.

I mean, TWIN floppy drives? My god. Imagine all the text I could store!

[TTSGEB @ Jun 2nd 2009 12:45AM]

And look at the keyboard, it's so. . . Elegant.
Don't even get me started with the huge 4 inch display.

[Namely @ Jun 2nd 2009 6:52AM]

Oh yes, the vintage 1981 Osborne I, it came pre-installed with THE killer apps of the time - Colossal Cave and Deadline. With the ultimate powerhouse embodied in the Zilog's masterpiece - the Z80 processor this was and still no doubt IS a rigorous gaming machine.

[JohnTitor @ Jun 2nd 2009 12:12AM]

on the thumbnails I thought at least two of those products were from Apple, but they were instead from Meizu and Olidata

[versa5glen @ Jun 2nd 2009 12:12AM]

what‘s the price! does it made with 32nm……

[pennyfan87 @ Jun 2nd 2009 12:29AM]

no it doesnt

[Chuckles McGee @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:15PM]

wait...Pentium????

[gerrymad @ Jun 2nd 2009 12:33AM]

@Richard Apple introduced the clamshell form factor with the keyboard on the bottom and the screen on the top half? What about the NEC Ultralight in 1988 and the Compaq LTE in 1989? Guess they don't count because once Apple did it then it means they invented it.

[Richard @ Jun 2nd 2009 12:18PM]

I was specifically thinking of the pointing device, a trackball in the original design, in front of the keyboard as well.

Neither of the two you mentioned are really the first (nor all that well known) when we think of the basic form of laptop design for the past twenty years. I specifically mentioned the Powerbook because it IS the applicable example in an article about FORM FACTOR design.

I also stand by my assertion that the idea that form factors have been "wild" is completely wrong.

[Lonnie McClure @ Jun 2nd 2009 12:59AM]

Note that on slide 37 of 38, Intel lists the processor speed of the Core 2 Solo SU3500 as 21.40 GHz. :)

[netfixpc1 @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:23AM]

Hi
Thanks for your informative comments.

[Garst @ Jun 2nd 2009 5:47AM]

The one on the left is in a form factor that looks like it will not perform well for the price.

[BOGRASH @ Jun 2nd 2009 7:04AM]

the bezel on the osbourne reminds me of the first eeepc

[AltairAntares @ Jun 2nd 2009 7:46AM]

And the world continues to snicker softly at amd crying in the corner...

[mirakutea @ Jun 2nd 2009 8:17AM]

Why are they still releasing parts from the Core 2 architecture, milking for all its worth and delaying the release of the new stuff they already have?

[Sefk @ Jun 2nd 2009 8:46AM]

Lack of competition?

[mirakutea @ Jun 2nd 2009 8:49AM]

good point :>.

[glenn s @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:24PM]

The Osborne was so cool when it came out. I wanted one, almost as much as I wanted the Atari 800...never got either. My dad bought a few TRaSh-80s for his business, and we got one at home.

[phlavor @ Jun 2nd 2009 3:27PM]

My step dad had that Osborne. It was one big mamma jamma, but at the time, a computer that you could take with you was incredible.

[Tor @ Jun 2nd 2009 4:36PM]

Wow, an OSBORNE... my mom had one of those...it might still be around someplace. Damn thing was a work horse...used monthly to enter, process, and print bills on form-fed paper all running on software that my mom "wrote". It's disk drive was nearly as loud as the printer itself. Try to think of one of the least "computer patient" people you know... that is like my mom so the idea of her writing script or any sort back then is pretty funny in a "boy am I glad I wasn't there to get hit by the flying debris" when she was doing that job.