SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 20, 2004 -- Intel Corporation today introduced the Intel® Pentium® M processor 765, expanding its mobile processor offerings and enabling a broader range of Intel® Centrino™ mobile technology-based notebooks for corporate and home users.

More than 50 percent of Intel Pentium M processors shipping are now built on Intel’s industry-leading 90nm manufacturing process technology, including the new Intel Pentium M processor 765. Based on Intel’s mobile architecture, the new processor features 2MB of integrated, power-managed Level 2 cache and a frequency of 2.10 GHz. It also features a power optimized 400 MHz system bus and includes power saving technologies such as Enhanced Intel Speedstep® Technology, which helps optimize application performance and power consumption to enable extended battery life.

Intel Pentium M processors, along with Intel® 855 chipset family and the Intel® PRO/Wireless Network Connection family, are key components of Intel Centrino mobile technology — Intel’s best technology for mobile computing. From full-size to ultra-thin notebook PCs, Intel Centrino mobile technology-based systems enable improved high-definition video playback, faster application response and higher bandwidth wireless data transmission.

With Intel Centrino mobile technology-based notebooks users can watch a video or listen to music while chatting on line or challenge each other to a wireless gaming face-off at home sitting on the sofa or with friends at the local coffee shop.

The Intel Pentium M processor 765 will be featured in Intel Centrino mobile technology-based systems being introduced worldwide today. Intel is also shipping boxed versions of the new processor to Intel authorized distributors for system integrators worldwide. In 1,000-units quantities, the Intel Pentium M processor 765 is priced at $637.