Volgens News.com zal Intel op 18 januari z'n nieuwe 600MHz Geyserville mobile PIII met SpeedStep technologie introduceren. SpeedStep is een energiebesparings feature waarmee de processor onderklokt kan worden wanneer deze op de accu loopt:
SpeedStep, formerly known as "Geyserville," will allow a processor to run faster when plugged in than when running on battery power. The first SpeedStep Pentium IIIs, for instance, will run at 600 MHz when the notebook is plugged in and at 500 MHz when unplugged.The change is important because it will allow notebook makers to incorporate faster chips without compromising battery life, Intel executives and analysts have said. Currently, Intel's fastest notebook chip runs at 500 MHz while its fastest desktop chip runs at 800 MHz. By adding SpeedStep, the gap will shrink effectively by 100 MHz.
Tevens zullen in januari nieuwe 1 en 2Mb versies van de Intel Cascades (PIII Xeon met geïntegreerde L2 cache) gereleased worden.
