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Cheapest Arrandale to sell for around $260, Replaces SU9400

Intel's Ultra low voltage SU9400 is currently selling for $262 and the cheapest Arrandale will be out in Q1 2010 to replace it. SU9400 works at 1.4GHz has 3MB L2 cache, two cores and two threads while Arrandale has two cores and four thread support plus the integrated graphics.

SU9400 has an impressive TDP of just 10W, but we are quite sure that Arrandale will have to consume a bit more due to its IGP.

Since SU9400 is priced at $262 we would expect that Arrandale might come with the same or similar price but a slightly higher price would not be a big surprise simply as Arrandale comes with an IGP, something that Intel usually sells with a chipset.

One thing is sure, this CPU comes in Q1 2010.

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Intel plans seven Arrandale SKUs, All lined up for Q1 2010

Arrandale is a dual-core Westmere 32nm CPU with 45nm IGP graphics on the same socket. Intel calls this Multi-chip platform and this is the beginning of all integration path that both Intel and AMD plan to follow for netbooks and notebooks.

You can bet that next generation notebook chip should end up with an IGP fusioned with CPU and this is exactly what AMD plans with its Fusion chip, whenever it gets it ready. Both such chips are likely coming in 2010 some earlier some later. Arrandale will go after Core 2 Duo, the whole generation, and it should be able to outperform it.

Arrandale is a dual-core 32nm cpu supports hyper threading and total of four multithreaded cores and Intel hopes that this will do well in notebooks. At launch in Q1 2010, at least some of the partners should be ready to disclose their Arrandale powered netbooks . We cannot confirm it at this point but most likely Intel will brand Arrandale Corei3 but there is a chance that some higher end SKUs will end up with the Core i5 brand.

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Jayayess1190, Jun 24, 2009

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I'm wondering we'll start to see fanless CPU's in 'normal' 14.1" laptops for quiet operating regardless of CPU speed.

t30power, Jun 25, 2009

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I'm wondering we'll start to see fanless CPU's in 'normal' 14.1" laptops for quiet operating regardless of CPU speed.

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Not soon. The next generation of Atom processors are fanless, so I'd say maybe 3-4 more generations of normal processors to go before fanless (maybe 22nm 16nm).

Jayayess1190, Jun 25, 2009

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Jayayess1190 said: ↑

Not soon. The next generation of Atom processors are fanless, so I'd say maybe 3-4 more generations of normal processors to go before fanless (maybe 22nm 16nm).

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It will definitely be sooner than that. Processor power is far outstripping the average person's need for it. So as time passes more normal sized laptops will have lower voltage and ULV processors. As opposed to previously where those chips primarily went into ultra-portables. Since there is more room in normal sized laptops, the heat dissipation issues are not as great, so this trend will help bring fanless designs sooner.

pitviper45, Jun 27, 2009

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