Intel unveils the Merom!

[ddutta]

http://techreport.com/ja.zz?comments=8695

http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2504

Now we need a T50

[desdinova]

I think a 64-bit dual core mobile chip would be unbelievably great but I really hope that their goal for low power consumption is achieved.

I was hoping that, by now, we'd have laptops that run to 10+ hours, not 1-2 hours. It just seems that everytime we got a new battery technology the power consumption just kept going up, so we've had laptops with relatively the same battery life for 10 years.

Anyway, good luck to them, competition in the CPU market only means good things for consumers.

[dvorak]

I admit, I haven't yet read the whole article, but I'm still thinking that all the 64bit support is more an advertising campaign than real use. Installing a 64bit OS is like installing Linux, never know if you'll find drivers for something :)

I wish they'd add more changable parts to Thinkpads, I'd sure upgrade my GPU if I could.

[K. Eng]

I'm excited too, but this doesn't belong in the T series forum! Post in the right forum!!!

[dokein]

Does it bother anyone else that the the name of their dual core mobile chip, "Merom" is just "more M" spelled backwards? Coincidence, I think not.

[K. Eng]

The Pentium M cores are all code named after locations in Israel. Merom is no exception:

http://dictionary.crossmap.com/definition/merom.htm

Your observation is nonetheless clever and your conclusion quite possible. Maybe someone at Intel was looking at geographic names in Israel and came to the same realization as yourself

Does it bother anyone else that the the name of their dual core mobile chip, "Merom" is just "more M" spelled backwards? Coincidence, I think not.

[eigh]

1. lol at "more m"
2. locations in isreal, cool, didnt know that
3. 5 watt max, and .5watt low power consumption. wow, that is sweet. i just wish screens and hard drives could catch up in power efficency.

[Navck]

Northwood
Prescott

Are those in Iseral?

[bdoviack]

The M-Design Intel Processor was primarily conceived in Israel. Prescott and other desktop chips were primarily designed by US engineers. I believe both Yonah and Merom are mountains in Israel, hence the names of the new M-based chips.

[K. Eng]

Bear in mind that the 5W figure is for the "subnotebook" category. This means that 5W TDP is for ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) versions of Merom. These would most likely show up in ThinkPads of form factor similar to the X40 and X41T.

1. lol at "more m"
2. locations in isreal, cool, didnt know that
3. 5 watt max, and .5watt low power consumption. wow, that is sweet. i just wish screens and hard drives could catch up in power efficency.

[tamh]

Just for those interested, the full scoop on Israeli names for the Pentium cores:

As noted, the Pentium M core was developed by engineers in Intel's Israeli labs. It's true that Banias, Hermon, Dothan (pronounced "Dotan" in Hebrew), Yonah and Merom (did I skip any?) are all place names in Israel -- but they're not all mountains. Hermon, Merom and Yonah are mountains (though Yonah is also the Hebrew name for the prophet Jonah and thus a reasonably popular first name in Israel). The Hermon is also the name of a river that is North of the Jordan River and one of the primary feeders into the Jordan -- the river source, where there are stunning waterfalls, BTW (see http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7% ... 7%95%D7%9F) is more popularly known in Israel by its Arabic name -- which is Banias!
Finally, Dothan is an ancient city from Biblical times (mentioned as early on as the story of Joseph and his brothers in Genesis). All that's left of the city itself is a "tel" (archeological remains). But the valley it overlooks is called Dotan valley and there's an Isreali village nearby called "Mevo Dotan" (the "approach to Dotan").

I would also note with pride that many of the hi-tech technologies we all take for granted were developed in our tiny country, including the USB flash drive which was invented by the Israeli company M-Systems and is sold by IBM (and many other companies) as a Thinkpad Option (labeled as IBM).