Nippier notebooks
It's been a busy day for Intel news, but little commented-upon has been a refresh of its CPU price list. Closer examination reveals that Intel added not one but six new processors to the list, all of the mobile variety.
At the top of the pile we have the ‘Extreme Mobile' i7-940XM which, even if you buy it in batches of 1,000, will still cost you $1,096 per processor. At 2.13GHz, this replaces the 2GHz 920XM, which now looks a relative bargain at $1,054.
We then have a couple of Core i7 Mobiles, a ULV Core i7 Mobile, a ULV Core i5 Mobile and a ULV Celeron M. In all cases the new processors offer a moderate frequency increase over existing CPUs for only a nominal price rise, so it's worth being aware of these new options if you're in the market for a new lappy.
Here are all six with their vital statistics.
| Model | L2 cache (MB) | Cores | Threads | Frequency (GHz) | Process (nm) | Price ($) |
| i7-940XM | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2.13 | 45 | 1,096 |
| i7-840QM | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1.86 | 45 | 568 |
| i7-740QM | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1.73 | 45 | 378 |
| i7-660UM | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1.33 | 32 | 317 |
| i5-540UM | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1.20 | 32 | 250 |
| U3400 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.06 | 32 | 134 |
