Intel Introduces Fastest Pentium Processor for Powerful Multimedia Communications in Mobile Computers

Business Wire, March 4, 1996

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Intel Corporation today announced immediate availability of a 133-MHz Pentium processor for notebook computers that will deliver the highest level of multimedia performance and quality to users in the professional market segment.

"Notebooks based on the 133 MHz Pentium processor expands the ways and means people can conduct business," said Stephen P. Nachtsheim, vice president, Mobile and Handheld Products Group. "These systems will rival desktop computers in their ability to deliver high-quality graphics, full-motion video and stereo sound, and run compute-intensive applications on the Internet. Business presentations, reports, and even email, for example, could increasingly become interactive, visually powerful communications."

At a system level, notebook computers based on the 133-MHz Pentium processor deliver high performance through the use of a higher bandwidth 66-MHz system bus, and offer additional gains if coupled with a PCI local bus. Since the first Pentium processor for notebooks was introduced 18 months ago, performance has nearly doubled while the processors have continued to maintain long battery life and efficient thermal management. The 133-MHz Pentium processor achieves a rating of 271 on Winbench96 (CPUmark32). It delivers 4.14 SPECint95 and SPECint_base95, and 3.12 SPECfp95.

It is built on Intels high-volume .35 micron process technology which allows it to deliver high performance with very low power consumption, which is necessary for long battery life. Like the four other members of the Pentium processor family for mobile systems, the 133-MHz Pentium processor derives its performance and thermal efficiency through innovative technologies. They include the thin, lightweight Tape Carrier Package, and Voltage Reduction Technology, which enables the processor to interface at 3.3 volts with off-the-shelf components while its inner core operates at a lower power 2.9 volts. Typical power dissipation is 3.3 watts. The processor is also offered in a conventional Staggered Pin Grid Array (SPGA) package.

In 1,000-unit quantities, the 133-MHz Pentium processor is priced at $371 in either package.

Comprehensive information about the 133-MHz Pentium processor is also available at Intel's site on the World Wide Web. The information is part of Intel's WWW home page at URL http://www.intel.com/.>Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of personal computer, networking and communications products.

CONTACT: Intel Corp.

Joanne Hasegawa, 408/765-7525

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