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IDF: Banias fever breaks out review
Reviews Intel’s new mobile CPU, codenamed Banias, stood out at the recent Intel Developer Forum (IDF). Banias’s strengths reflect the weaknesses of today’s notebook processors, and its entirely new micro-architecture is targeted at four key areas: extended...
[September 16, 2002, 14:17]
IDF: Banias ends the megahertz madness for Intel
News Banias will be Intel's first processor designed from the ground up for mobile computing, and Otellini said the chip is a recognition that the mobile market is coming to be dominated by the "thin and light" segment.
[August 29, 2001, 10:59]
IDF: Intel unveils Banias secrets
News One of the major announcements at this autumn's Intel Developer Forum has been Banias, the code name for the company's next generation portable IA-32 processor. Running the same software as existing Pentiums, Banias is Intel's first totally new...
[September 11, 2002, 13:57]
Intel sets Banias release date
News Intel will release Banias, a new energy-efficient notebook chip, on 12 March, and open a new era in the company's laptop business. Banias, which will be sold under the Pentium-M name, differs substantially from its predecessors, both from a...
[February 7, 2003, 7:51]
First beta of Banias chip ready
News Intel has produced its first prototypes of the upcoming "Banias" processor, the company's first chip purely designed for use in mobile PCs, the company announced at WinHEC on Thursday. Streamed video: First look at Intel's Banias chip
[April 19, 2002, 15:37]
Intel's Banias: Not built for speed
News Banias, Intel's energy-efficient processor designed primarily for notebooks, will debut at three speeds when it arrives next year, sources say -- but megahertz won't be its selling point. Banias, which is due in the first quarter of 2003, will come...
[August 8, 2002, 7:35]
Intel goes Banias over battery life
News Intel will try a new tactic to improve laptop battery life when it comes out next year with "Banias," its first chip designed from the ground up to power notebooks. Banias, due out toward the end of 2002, is part of an increased focus on the laptop...
[March 27, 2001, 8:15]
Intel's 'Banias' to have huge cache
News Intel is hitting the gas on Banias. Banias will likely be one of the major events for Intel next year. Most of the corporate (notebook) roadmaps will be full Banias," said Don MacDonald, a marketing manager in Intel's mobile division.
[October 16, 2002, 7:47]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Last year, I was talking to an Intel bod about Banias -- now Pentium M -- and the fact that it was really rather good. Because," and here you could tell he was wistfully thinking of rolling his eyes in exasperation, "because it's a desktop chip...
[May 7, 2004, 18:10]
Intel's P6 to live on in low-power chip
News An Intel representative would not comment directly on the matter but said that Banias would be a "derivative" of Intel's overall processor technology. Banias, a low-power chip for notebooks and Internet devices coming from Intel in the first half...
[October 16, 2001, 9:05]
IDF: Notebooks to get Pentium 4 next year
News Intel will bring the Pentium 4 to the notebook market in the first half of next year and then follow a year later with Banias, a new portable chip the company says will greatly increase battery life. Then, in the first half of 2003, the company...
[August 30, 2001, 9:40]
Intel releases new mobile Pentium chip
News The chip is based on the Banias generation of Pentium Ms, which first hit the market in 2003. Intel has actually been selling a 1.5GHz Banias chip for a while. The 1.5GHz Banias sells for $209 but is being phased out.
[July 15, 2004, 7:50]
Intel postpones Wi-Fi chip
News The chipmaker originally intended to come out with a dual-band 802.11(a)(b) chip at the same time it released Banias, a new chip specifically designed for notebooks, and Calexico, a module for containing 802.11 or Wi-Fi chips and other components.
[December 17, 2002, 7:55]
HP server slims down with Pentium M
News The new Banias blade from HP won't outperform Xeon machines, but it is likely to outrun the single-processor competition, Eunice said. HP will upgrade its ProLiant BL10e blade server with a 1GHz Pentium M, a processor code-named "Banias" that...
[April 22, 2003, 11:16]
IBM's new chips slash power consumption
News The PowerPC 405LP will contain circuitry that will turn sections of the processor off and on as needed, similar to the Banias chip coming from Intel in 2003. IBM will present a paper on the 405LP at next week's forum, while Intel will discuss Banias.
[October 12, 2001, 9:25]
Looking forward to 2003 review
Reviews Expect to see a new generation of ultraportable notebooks, Tablet PCs and other devices when the 1.3-1.6GHz Banias - which will shortly receive its official name - launches. Intel Banias Mobile computing will receive a shot in the arm early in 2003...
[December 19, 2002, 15:43]
Intel uplifted by new chip plans
News Some of the specifics he outlined were plans for a number of new processors, including the Itanium 2 server chip, expected in the second half of 2002, and Banias, the code name for a new notebook chip due in early 2003.
[April 26, 2002, 8:34]
Transmeta chief: 'We're years ahead of Intel'
News Transmeta essentially launched to address this market and Intel has recently been talking up its chances there, especially with a chip code-named Banias due in the first half of next year. Don't get me wrong, they've done some great engineering but...
[October 8, 2002, 15:51]
Tuesday
Blog Of Intel's slowly blossoming Banias architecture, designed for exactly the same market, he'll say only that it's a Pentium III enhanced with a flock of PowerPoint slides. I've seen those PowerPoint slides, and while it's true that Intel is very...
[October 11, 2002, 17:08]
IDF: Intel focuses on wireless
News Aside from wireless, Intel disclosed still more details on Banias. Among other features, Banias notebooks will come with integrated dual band Wi-Fi (802.11 a and b) wireless networking. Well over 50 percent of notebooks in the next year will be...
[September 11, 2002, 9:58]
