New CPUs, handtop chips

Intel CEO Paul Otellini told attendees of the Fall Intel Developer Forum that three new chips scheduled for the second half of 2006 are to use that will succeed Netburst, currently used by its Pentium 4 and Xeon CPUs. Otellini also told of plans to create a new class of chips to be used in handheld devices, which Intel dubbed "handtop" PCs. Otellini also said that the company is working to develop powerful chips that consume only a half watt of power by the end of the decade. Otellini further stated that the company's new architecture for PC and server chips will combine the power-saving focus of the Banias architecture used to build the Pentium M notebook processor with the performance provided by Netburst. Analysts and sources familiar with Intel's plans predicted as early as last year that Merom, Conroe and Woodcrest will be the first chips to use the new architecture. Otellini confirmed that the chips will be 64-bit capable and come with Intel's virtualization technology, the LaGrande security technology and the company's Active Management Technology.

by MacNN Staff