Intel Corp. has added three new mobile chips into the family but did it quietly without announcing any statements on the news and without including them into the official price-list too.

Three new additions to the mobile processor family are :-

• Intel Pentium-M 780 (High-end)
  - Operates at 2.26GHz at full power.
  - 2MB of L2 cache
  - 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)
  - 27W Thermal Design Power (TDP)
  - 90nm Technology
  - Contains special architecture enhancements in addition to Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) support
  - Built-in Execute Disable Bit (EDB) security capability
• Intel Pentium Low-Voltage 778 (Low-power)
  - Operates at 1.60GHz
  - 2MB L2 cache
  - 400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)
  - 10W TDP (What ?? 10W !! :-O )
  - 90nm Technology
  - Features EIST, EDB too
• Intel Celeron M 380 (Value mobile computers)
  - Operates at 1.60GHz
  - 1MB L2 cache
  - 400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)
  - 90nm Technology
  - EDB capability
  - NOT supporting EIST

Pricing of the new mobile processors was not disclosed at Intel’s web-site. However, according to source, it is very likely that the new chips will cost in 1000-unit quantities as the followings :-

• Pentium-M 780 > USD$637
• Pentium M LV 778 > USD$284
• Celeron M 380 > USD$134