Intel to make single-core Yonah
 

Intel will release versions of the low-power processor after the dual-core Yonah launch in January 2006 but before the end of June. These will be sold into budget laptops and, if history is any guide, not provide the same level of performance as the fancier dual-core versions.

"We expect single-core processors to exist for quite some time in our value-processor line," Steve Smith, vice president of Intel's digital enterprise group, said this week at the Intel Developer Forum here.

The single-core version of Yonah signals that Intel has no plans to get out of the value segments of the PC world with its dual-core onslaught. Analysts at the conference speculated that a strict dual-core policy by Intel could potentially hurt the company or chase some customers to Advanced Micro Devices.

Currently in tests with Intel's partners, the next generation Pentium M processor code-named Yonah is expected to be the brains behind next year's Centrino-based notebooks as well as Intel's new VIIV brand for multimedia consumer PCs. The dual-core version of the 32-bit processor is expected to include speeds of less than 2GHz with the ability to run a 667MHz processor system bus.

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