Measuring in at just 22mmx22mm, Intel’s shrunken Core 2 Duos are seriously small and seriously low-power, with a TDP of just 10W. They are scheduled to be released on April 19th for $152 per 1000, and about $70 to large notebook manufacturers. This follows their subtle release of low-power Core 2 Quads with 65W TDP. The new chips are to be used in ultra-portable PCs, which fall in between laptops and netbooks in terms of performance and power consumption.

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Tom’s Hardware managed to get their hands on Intel’s new ‘S’ series of quad-core processors, which appear to be an energy-efficient refresh of the 45nm Yorkfield series. They sport a narrowed TDP of 65W, an improvement on their predecessors’ 95W, meaning they use up about the same amount of energy as Intel’s 45nm dual-core series. Apart from that, they spec exactly the same as Intel’s current 45nm quads, delivering identical performance. Impressive!

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