Intel Releases SU9600 1.6ghz c2d today - x301 update coming?

[ThinkP]

As predicted Intel released 2 new ultra slim laptop processors today. I guess an x301 update is coming. I'll be looking at that closely.

why couldn't they just round it off to 2.0 ghz!! [censored].

Intel launches shapely new CPUs for slim new laptops

by Tim Stevens, posted Feb 25th 2009 at 7:57AM
Intel launches shapely new CPUs for slim new laptopsToday's laptops are slim and trim (with some notable exceptions), and as smaller cases demand smaller components Intel is doing its best to keep up, announcing two new CPUs specifically designed for the "ultra-thin" notebooks. They are the 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo SU9600 and 1.4GHz Core 2 Solo SU3500, both joining its existing line of consumer ultra low voltage (CULV) chips to create three tiers of efficient and dainty processors: Celeron, single-core, and dual-core. No word on where these chips will be first making an appearance, but we can think of one upcoming lithe lappy in which they'd be right at home.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/inte ... w-laptops/

[Marin85]

.why couldn't they just round it off to 2.0 ghz!!

Because of the low voltage. Adding even a single Hz in such cpus is pretty hard work.