Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/11/intel_to_revise_mobile_cpu_names/
Intel will revise its naming scheme for mobile processors in Q2, a move that will see the old LV and ULV labels dropped in favour of new processor class prefixes to go with the ones already applied to Core 2 Duo chips.
Intel currently prefixes some mobile processor model numbers with X, T, L and U. To that it's going to add P, SP, SL and SU. P, L and U will be used to denote varying degrees of energy efficiency, while the addition of the S indicates a small-package processor - the 'Silverthorne' UMPC chip, we imagine.
Running down the list, we have X, T, P, L and U, respectively addressing the following power consumption bands: >40W, 30-39W, 20-29W, 12-19W and <12W.
The SP, SL and SU also fit in the 20-29W, 12-19W and <12W bands.
The new codes will be introduced when Intel rolls out 'Montevina' (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/18/idf_montevina_ship_date/), the next generation of its Centrino platform, probably in May.
In due course, Intel will introduce QX chips (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/06/intel_schedules_quad_mobiles/), mobile parts that consume more the 40W of power but have four cores rather than two - X alone will refer to dual-core CPUs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/04/intel_atom_centrino_launch/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/03/intel_launches_atom/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/18/intel_centrino_2/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/15/intel_montevina_15_cpus/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/11/intel_readies_core2_e7000/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/09/ces_lg_silverthorne_umpc/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/20/intel_roadmap_08/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/15/intel_demos_mobile_quad-core/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/19/idf_quad-core_mobiles/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/18/idf_montevina_ship_date/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/23/intel_roadmaps_mobile_penryn/