What Is the Intel Pentium M Processor?
Designed for mobile machines, the Pentium M processor was the first of its kind to bundle multiple hardware components together, extending battery life and reducing power consumption. Significance Pentium M was the first chip for laptops that Intel built from the ground up and the first to use Centrino technology (the integrated triumvirate of processor, wireless LAN support and graphics support). Features The processor uses the MMX, SSE and SSE2 instruction sets, and separate 32-kilobyte instruction and data cache sets. Enhanced SpeedStep Technology allows the processor to switch to lower frequency and lower operating voltage states depending on the tasks performed. While it generally has lower clock speeds than Pentium 4 processors, the Pentium M performs faster because it quad-jumps front side bus speeds from 100 to 133 Megahertz (MHz) to 400 to 533 MHz. Types There are two types of Pentium M processors: The 479-ball micro FC-BGA chip (code named Pentium M Banias and later renamed t
