Seems like Intel is shooting itself in the foot.
Intel makes huge desktop-notebook U-turn
Speedstep turns into a Speedstop?
By Mike Magee, 04/04/2002 11:37:13 BST
http://www.theinquirer.net/04040209.htm
ACCORDING TO A Taiwanese wire, Intel has decided to rip up its roadmaps and its previous promises, and provide technical support for notebooks using desktop CPUs.
The about face, if it is true, is a real turn about, because Intel has always maintained that its mobile processors are the creme de la creme, using carefully designed thermal controls and incorporating Speedstep power management software.
The move will also dent profits Intel makes from the high end notebook CPUs, which are typically several hundreds of dollars more expensive than equivalent GHz desktop CPUs.
Several tier one manufacturers, including close partner Toshiba, are launching notebooks using the Pentium 4 desktop, rather than the Pentium 4 mobile, CPU.