News Bits: Intel Yonah, Inspiron 6000 First Take, Acer PC Shipments

Intel "Yonah"Dual-core Processor Plans for 2006

Although Intel just released its new Sonoma Centrino platform of processors, there is of course continued development on the next generation of notebook processorsthat will arrive in early 2006. In fact, Intel has alreadytold its motherboard customers and OEM partners that at the start of 2006 they will be releasing six processors that use a dual core and 65 nanometer manufacturing process (smaller than the current 90nm process used). These dual-core notebook chips are being dubbed "Yonah".e six versions of its 65 nanometre Yonah dual core notebook chip in the first quarter of next year.

So what's the big deal with dual-core processors you might ask? Well, the core of a processor is responsible for performing math calculations -- which is a rather important part of the job of a processor. In the never-ending push to boost speed it will be dual core processors, and then quad-core processors that will continue to thrust us into the future of theneed for speed.

Intel hasn't decided yet what clock speeds these new Yonah chips will run at, but they will have a 667MHz front side buses andcontain 2MB of level two cache, Enhanced Speedstep and support the XD bit to reduce the risk of viral infection.

http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20050121PR202.html

Dell Inspiron 6000 Overview from CNET

Here at NotebookReview.com we have a Dell Inspiron 6000 on the way that we'll post pictures and a review for when it arrives, but until that time you might want to check out he first take from CNet.com on this new notebook from Dell:

CNET Inspiron 6000 First Take

Excerpt from CNET first take:

"Dell has unveiled its Inspiron 6000 notebook, the first laptop to hit the market with Intel's new Sonoma technology. According to Intel, Sonoma will deliver faster data processing, and users--particularly gamers and graphics pros--should see less audio and video chop, quicker task execution, less power consumption, and longer battery life as a result. The Inspiron 6000, a desktop-replacement laptop with multimedia aspirations, will be available with a Celeron or Pentium M processor at speeds up to 1.6GHz."

One thing CNET confirms is that the Inspiron 6000 is indeed a replacement for the currently selling Dell Inspiron 5600

Acer moves to #4 Spot in World Market of PC Shipments

Acer moved up the sales charts one notch by bumping Fujitsu-Siemens out of the way to reach the #4 spot for number of PCs shipped during the 4th quarter of 2004. Acer shipped 2.22 million PCs in the last quarter of2004, this number of PCs shipped accounted for4.3% of the world market.

Following is a run down of the top 5 PC brands in the world based on total shipments for 4th quarter of 2004:

1. Dell Computer - 17% oftotal worldwide shipments
2. Hewlett-Packard (HP) - 16% of total worldwide shipments
3. IBM - 5.7% of toal worldwide shipments
4. Acer - 4.35% of total worldwide shipments
5. Fujitsu-Siemens - 4% of total worldwide shipments

Acer plans to ship 10 million PCs in 2005, 6 million of which it says will be notebook computers. Last year the company sold 3.41 million notebooks total.

The fact that Acer is releasing notebooks with the latest Intel processor faster than many of its competitors is a sure sign that Acer is doing the right thing and will be an agressive player in the notebook market going forward.

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with the dual core pentium m yonah arriving sometime early in 2006, i feel much better about having bought a cheap (over $700 in savings from suggested price) 9200 [ ]