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Unprecedented performance and features for mobile PCs
Boosting performance to the highest levels ever, Intel’s new mobile Pentium® II processors are driving the new generation of high performance mobile PCs. The mobile Pentium II family of performance PC processors blend superior power with technical innovation to help provide today’s demanding mobile users with greater functionality anywhere, anytime. At speeds of 266 and 233 MHz, these processors incorporate state-of-the-art technologies, like Intel’s 0.25 micron manufacturing process and Dual Independent Bus (DIB) architecture, for dramatically improved business, graphics, and communication software productivity.
 Mobile Pentium II processors deliver more than just the fastest Intel mobile processor benchmark results. They equip the latest portable systems with the functionality and data capacity traditionally found only in high-end desktop systems. Through the power of these processors, active professionals can take advantage of emerging Digital Video Disk (DVD), high-speed wireless communication, and robust multimedia technologies. Furthermore, the entire performance PC family of mobile Pentium II processors incorporates built-in features for cutting-edge manageability.
Supporting Intel’s Wired for Management Initiative (WfM), mobile Pentium II processor-based systems are easier to control and support, and therefore more affordable for businesses to maintain.
At first glance, it is easy to see that mobile Pentium II processors are breaking new ground for powerful on-the-go computing. However, a closer look reveals much more.
- 266- and 233MHz Clock Speeds: Mobile Pentium II processors deliver higher Intel mobile processor performance—offering a 10–35% performance improvement over mobile Pentium processors with MMX™ technology at equivalent MHz.1
- Compact Form-Factors: To accommodate mobile PCs of various sizes, weights, and price points, mobile Pentium II processors are available in Intel Mobile Module or new Mini-Cartridge packages. Intel’s Mobile Module combines the CPU, high-speed L1 and L2 Cache, and other supporting components, into a convenient all-in-one unit. And, when every ounce counts, Intel’s compact, light-weight Mini-Cartridge provides better design flexibility and a smaller form-factor for the latest ultra-portable systems.
- 0.25 Micron Technology: Mobile Pentium II processors are built using Intel’s breakthrough 0.25 micron manufacturing process. This innovative process makes it possible for these CPUs to include over 7.5 million transistors in the core—resulting in more power in less space.
- Dual Independent Bus: The mobile Pentium II processor’s Dual Independent Bus (DIB) architecture offers up to three times the bandwidth performance2
over single-bus processors. By combining two independent system buses for simultaneous parallel access to data, mobile Pentium II processors provide an open road for high-demand applications.
- Dynamic Execution: Like their desktop counterparts, mobile Pentium II processors combine three innovative data-processing techniques to manipulate data more intelligently and efficiently. These techniques predict and analyze software instructions to optimize processor workload.
- Wired for Management Support: Promoting reduced Total Cost of Ownership, mobile Pentium II processors conform to Intel’s Wired for Management (WfM) specification. These processors benefit from features such as self-testing circuitry, advanced power management, and instrumentation for system monitoring.
- Additional Innovations: Advancing mobile PC performance to higher standards, the family of mobile Pentium II processors now integrates 512K PBSRAM L2 cache, Quick Start and Deep Sleep modes, thermal sensing, and voltage ID encoding.
 Greater Functionality
Mobile Pentium II processors provide performance headroom to protect mobile system investments for years to come. These processors ensure that mobile PCs are ready for today’s advanced software applications, as well as tomorrow’s new releases and will have the capacity to benefit from the latest emerging hardware.
Mobile Pentium II processors bring superior performance to demanding business-suite software and future state-of-the-art operating systems. Because they integrate MMX technology along
with increased power, mobile Pentium II processor-based systems are the best choice for delivering graphically-rich interactive presentations, producing smoothly-playing full-motion video, and processing sound/voice media while on the road.
The increased power of mobile Pentium II processors enables integration of innovative new hardware such as DVD, wireless data communication, high-capacity storage, and voice dictation and translation peripherals.
Enhanced Manageability
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is becoming an increasingly important issue in today’s competitive business world. When equipped with WfM-compliant hardware and the latest management software, organizations can significantly decrease the total cost of maintaining mobile technology while increasing user productivity. This is where Intel and the family of mobile Pentium II processors can provide solutions.
1 These numbers were obtained by comparing the Pentium II processor (233- and 266MHz) performance against the Pentium processor with MMX technology (233- and 266MHz). See configuration on chart.
2 See Pentium II Processor Performance Brief—April 1998
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