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Intel introduces mobile Pentium-3 processors

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KARACHI: Intel Corporation on Saturday introduced mobile Pentium-III processors featuring Intel SpeedStep technology at 650 MHz and 600 MHz.

According to a press release issued by Intel Corporation, these CPUs will allow notebook computers to function at desktop class speeds, while delivering great performance, whether plugged in at the office or operating in the battery mode while on the go.

These new processors improve on Intel's industry-leading power management packaging technology, and allow notebook manufacturers to incorporate 650 MHz of performance into a range of notebook designs, including "thin and light" as well as full-size mobile PCs.

"In the last three months, the mobile PC performance landscape has been completely reshaped," said Robert Jecmen, vice president and general manager of Intel's Mobile Computing Group.

Intel also announced the availability of power mobile Pentium-III processor running at 500 MHz (fixed frequency) designed especially for the strict demands of even the smallest, lightest "mini-notebooks". All these processors are now available in the mobile PCs from leading computer manufacturers, Jecmen said.