Intel is going to use numbers in the rage of 3xx (low-end), 5xx (middle-end) and 7xx (high-end).
Intel is expected to label each chip with a serial number after its family name, said the sources. For instance, the Pentium 4 (Prescott) 2.8GHz chip would be marked as Pentium 4 520, the 3.0GHz as the Pentium 4 530, and the 3.2GHz as the Pentium 4 540, the sources suggested.
The 700-series would cover Intel’s mobile chips like Pentium M (Dothan) processors, while the 300-series would include the company’s entry-level chips like desktop-use Celeron processors, the sources said.
The new marking is designed to reflect production positioning and main attributes, including clock speed, cache size and bus speed, within a family of chips, said the sources.
|
Notebook |
Desktop |
700 |
Pentium M
(Dothan) |
Pentium 4 Extreme Edition |
500 |
Mobile Pentium 4 (Prescott) |
Pentium 4
(Prescott LGA775) |
300 |
Celeron M
(Dothan/Banias) |
Celeron
(Prescott) |
Source: DigiTimes and X-bit Labs