Cheap Quad-Core Notebook Chip
On Sunday, Intel launched the Q9000, a quad-core mobile chip that partner Acer included in a new notebook the company launched on Monday. Intel also added four new mobile dual-core chips to its portfolio, via updates to its official price list: the Core 2 Duo T9800, P9600, T9550, and P8700.
What's notable about the Q9000 is its price: $348 in 1,000-unit lots. Intel's other mobile quad-core chips all cost $851, with its top-of-the-line QX9300 chip priced at $1,038. In part, that has allowed Acer to market its new Aspire 8930G-7665 notebook at a suggested price of $1,799.99.
The 8930G-7665 allegedly contains the Q9000, although the specs Acer originally listed for the device actually correspond to the QX9300: 2.53 GHz, 12 Mbytes of level 2 cache, and a 1.066-GHz front-side bus. The Q9000 runs at 2.0-GHz, uses a shared 6 Mbyte level-2 cache, and includes a 1.066 GHz front-side bus.
An Acer representative said Monday that the original specifications were a mistake, and that the 8930G-7665 includes the Q9000, with the specifications as listed above.
Otherwise, Acer's new notebook includes an 18.4-inch WUXGA Acer CrystalBrite screen (at 1920 x 1080 resolution), 4 Gbytes of DDR3 memory, a GeForce 9700M GT/512 Mbytes graphics card, a 500-GByte hard drive, 802.11a/b/g, a 6-in-1 card reader, a Webcam, Dolby HomeTheater-class sound, and Windows Vista Premium 64-bit. The new notebook is available now.
Intel also introduced the mobile Core 2 Duo T9800 (2.93 GHz, 6 Mbytes L2 cache, $530), the P9600 (2.66 GHz, 6 Mbytes L2 cache, $348), the T9550 (2.66 GHz, 6 Mbytes L2 cache, $316) and the P8700 (2.53-GHz, 6 Mbytes L2 cache, $241). The "T" and "P" series differ in the thermal design power used; the "T" series processors are rated at 35 watts, while the "P" series is rated at 25 watts.
What's notable about the Q9000 is its price: $348 in 1,000-unit lots. Intel's other mobile quad-core chips all cost $851, with its top-of-the-line QX9300 chip priced at $1,038. In part, that has allowed Acer to market its new Aspire 8930G-7665 notebook at a suggested price of $1,799.99.
The 8930G-7665 allegedly contains the Q9000, although the specs Acer originally listed for the device actually correspond to the QX9300: 2.53 GHz, 12 Mbytes of level 2 cache, and a 1.066-GHz front-side bus. The Q9000 runs at 2.0-GHz, uses a shared 6 Mbyte level-2 cache, and includes a 1.066 GHz front-side bus.
An Acer representative said Monday that the original specifications were a mistake, and that the 8930G-7665 includes the Q9000, with the specifications as listed above.
Otherwise, Acer's new notebook includes an 18.4-inch WUXGA Acer CrystalBrite screen (at 1920 x 1080 resolution), 4 Gbytes of DDR3 memory, a GeForce 9700M GT/512 Mbytes graphics card, a 500-GByte hard drive, 802.11a/b/g, a 6-in-1 card reader, a Webcam, Dolby HomeTheater-class sound, and Windows Vista Premium 64-bit. The new notebook is available now.
Intel also introduced the mobile Core 2 Duo T9800 (2.93 GHz, 6 Mbytes L2 cache, $530), the P9600 (2.66 GHz, 6 Mbytes L2 cache, $348), the T9550 (2.66 GHz, 6 Mbytes L2 cache, $316) and the P8700 (2.53-GHz, 6 Mbytes L2 cache, $241). The "T" and "P" series differ in the thermal design power used; the "T" series processors are rated at 35 watts, while the "P" series is rated at 25 watts.
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