Intel Unveils Highest Performance Mobile Pentium II Processor

Intel Corporation has introduced its highest performance mobile Pentium II processor, the mobile Pentium II processor 300 MHz, designed to provide mobile PC users with a performance boost while preserving system battery life. This new processor is part of Intel's strategy to deliver specific products for different market segments, addressing the unique physical size, thermal, and power consumption requirements of mobile PCs. The mobile Pentium II processor 300 MHz features Intel's innovative Quick Start technology, which drops the processor power consumption to 0.4 watts when the mobile PC is idle or inactive, preserving battery life. The processor is based on the same P6 microarchitecture, packaging, and thermal specifications as previous mobile Pentium II processors, ensuring no new system design engineering is required for PC makers to incorporate it into new mobile systems.

Key Takeaways:

• The mobile Pentium II processor 300 MHz offers a 9 percent integer performance improvement over the Pentium II processor 266 MHz, based on the industry standard benchmark Winbench98 CPU32.
• The 300-MHz mobile Pentium II processor also posts a 12 percent improvement using Norton Multimedia, a 6 percent improvement on Winstone98, and a 12 percent improvement on Winbench98 FPU.
• The mobile Pentium II processor 300 MHz includes performance-enhancing features such as Dual Independent Bus architecture, Dynamic Execution, Intel MMX technology, and a closely coupled 512-KB Level 2 cache.
• Intel has reduced the internal core voltage of the mobile Pentium II processor 300 MHz to 1.6 volts, resulting in Intel's lowest voltage mobile processor introduced to date.
• The 300-MHz mobile Pentium II processor core generates 7.8 watts TDP (thermal design power) typical and with the addition of the second level cache, the 300-MHz mobile Pentium II processor operates at 9.0 watts.

Statistics:

• 300 MHz: The new mobile Pentium II processor operates at 300 MHz, offering a significant performance boost for mobile PC users.
• 0.4 watts: The mobile Pentium II processor 300 MHz features Intel's innovative Quick Start technology, dropping the processor power consumption to 0.4 watts when the mobile PC is idle or inactive.
• 9 percent: The mobile Pentium II processor 300 MHz offers a 9 percent integer performance improvement over the Pentium II processor 266 MHz, based on the industry standard benchmark Winbench98 CPU32.
• 12 percent: The 300-MHz mobile Pentium II processor also posts a 12 percent improvement using Norton Multimedia.

Sources:

• "Building on the broad and rapid market adoption of Pentium II processor-based mobile PCs, Intel Corporation Wednesday introduced its highest performance mobile Pentium II processor." (Intel Corporation)
• "The new mobile Pentium II processor 300 MHz offers mobile PC users a performance boost while preserving system battery life." (Intel Corporation)
• FMI: http://www.developer.intel.com/design/mobile/mobile_pentiumii.htm or www.intel.com/mobile/pentiumii/latest.htm.