Intel - Shelton VALUE CPU with no cache @ 1Ghz

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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17790 <-- some details

Anyway, it looks like a great plan. Look at how well Via is selling their Eden /Epia combo boards. Most users dont need 3Ghz of power. I built a 1Ghz Via system a while back. It works fine for standard office use. (email,internet, word processing, etc.) and its only equivalent to about a 600Mhz Pentium3. It looks like it would probably be a Pentium3 with no cache which would probably make it perform about similarly to the Via chip, unless they added the cache back on to beat it.

At 90nm its got to be super low power and coupled with a revamped 815e chipset (with newer southbridge) on like a .09 process the whole board could be super small and only use maybe 10W.

This chip is going to be perfect for emerging market countries with little money to spend. It will get them on the internet and in touch with the rest of the world.

Now if they just make some mini-itx boards with PentiumM's that would really kick ass.
 
I've seen those for months, but none of them have really hit the market yet.
And thay are probably priced ridiculously high still.

Though its looking promising. Now if Abit (or Shuttle = XPC) would just make them with some overclocking options, AGP, etc.... that would be sweet.

Actually, I'm VERY surprised Shuttle hasnt made an XPC mini barebones with the Pentium M in it already.
 
I got mine for $325. Still, the price of my entire system came to just under $1000, even if the motherboard was a little steep.
 
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