Tillamook appears as 266 MHz Pentium MMX

Intel's "Tillamook" microprocessor--a Pentium MMX chip for laptops runningat 266 MHz--will appear in devices from Dell, Gateway, Digital, Compaq, andothers this Spring. Currently, the fastest Intel laptop features a 233 MHzPentium MMX processor.

Paul Thurrott

January 11, 1998

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Intel's "Tillamook" microprocessor--a Pentium MMX chip for laptops runningat 266 MHz--will appear in devices from Dell, Gateway, Digital, Compaq, andothers this Spring. Currently, the fastest Intel laptop features a 233 MHzPentium MMX processor. The Tillamook chips represent the end of the linefor the venerable Pentium line. Later this year, Intel will announce thePentium II processor for notebooks, which will offer the same processorused in the highest-end desktop systems today.

Most Tillamook-based notebooks will initially be sold in the high-end andfeature large active matrix screens and hard drives

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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