Intel takes notebook chips past 3GHz
C|Net | at | by Mike
Notebooks passed the 3GHz mark on Wednesday. The increase in speed comes courtesy of a new 3.06GHz mobile Pentium 4 chip, introduced as part of a volley of new processors fired off by Intel. As previously reported, the latest mobile Pentium 4, part of a new family of four chips, marks a change in focus for the notebook version of the P4. The 3.06GHz chip and its siblings, which run at 2.4GHz, 2.66GHz and 2.8GHz, were created for larger, weightier, more performance-oriented notebooks. The chips offer higher clock speeds and lower prices than their predecessors in the Pentium 4-M line.