“Intel dual-core notebook processors, (codenamed Yonah), will be priced similarly to the current prices for the 700-series Pentium M processors, according to sources in the Taiwan notebook industry,” Charles Chou and Jessie Shen report for DigiTimes. “Details of the dual-core notebook processors were revealed at IDF (Intel Developer Forum) in San Francisco in September 2004 and the processors will be launched in the first quarter of 2006.

Chou and Shen report, “The X-series Yonah processors will be part of Intel’s Napa dual-core notebook platform, which is also expected to hit the market in the first quarter of next year, and will represent Intel’s transition from 90nm technology to 65nm. In addition, the Napa notebook architecture will be the basis for Intel’s digital home products. In addition, Yonah-series processors will be adopted by Apple Computer, which agreed to use Intel microprocessors for its Macintosh computers starting in 2006.”

Full article here.

MacDailyNews Note: In a chart accompanying the DigiTimes article, Q1 2006 prices run from US$241 for the Intel “Yonah” X20 dual core processor running at 1.66GHz with a 667MHz frontside bus to US$637 for the Intel “Yonah” X50 dual core running at 2.16GHz witha 667MHz frontside bus.

Related MacDailyNews articles:
Analysts think ‘Yonah’ Pentium M may power Apple’s first Intel-based Mac – June 08, 2005