Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage (CULV) is a

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developed by

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.Rumored Intel CULV ultra-low-power notebook in the works
arstechnica.com, accessed at 1 May 2009
, news.com, accessed at 1 May 2009 It was estimated in January 2009 that this market could reach 10 million CULV laptops shipped during that year. Competing platforms are the

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, AMD Yukon, AMD Nile notebook platform, and graphic chips from the

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line within the " Nvidia Ion platform". 090512 hexus.net Some of the lowest-power-consumption processors for the ultra thin CULV category are only a few watts more than the

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, which is rated at no more than 2.5 W. Because of their low power and heat output, CULV enables very thin computer systems, and long battery life in

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, such as those designed to Intel's

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specifications. While the first processors in this category were single core (such as the SU3500), newer CULV processors are dual core (e.g., the SU9600). They are all based on the

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architecture, but the ultra-low voltage versions have a thermal rating of 5.5 W – more than the Intel Atom, but a fraction of the dual-core mainstream Intel mobile chips rated at 25 and 35 watts – and they come in a small 22 mm chip package. The newest CULV processors come from the

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product lines, and are based on a 10 nm process.

Processors

Based on the Penryn microarchitecture

Single-Core Processors (45 nm)

Dual-Core Processors (45 nm)

Based on the Westmere microarchitecture

Celeron (32 nm)

Pentium (32 nm)

Core i3 (32 nm)

Core i5 (32 nm)

Core i7 (32 nm)

Based on the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture

Celeron (32 nm)

Pentium (32 nm)

Core i3 (32 nm)

Core i5 (32 nm)

Core i7 (32 nm)

Based on the Ivy Bridge microarchitecture

Celeron (22 nm)

Pentium (22 nm)

Core i3 (22 nm)

Core i5 (22 nm)

Core i7 (22 nm)

Based on the Haswell microarchitecture

Celeron (22 nm)

Pentium (22 nm)

Core i3 (22 nm)

Core i5 (22 nm)

Core i7 (22 nm)

Based on the Broadwell microarchitecture

Celeron (14 nm)

Pentium (14 nm)

Core i3 (14 nm)

Core i5 (14 nm)

Core i7 (14 nm)

Core M (14 nm)

Based on the Skylake microarchitecture

Pentium (14 nm)

Core i3 (14 nm)

Core i5 (14 nm)

Core i7 (14 nm)

Core m (14 nm)

Based on the Kaby Lake microarchitecture

Core i3 (14 nm)

Core i5 (14 nm)

Core i7 (14 nm)

Core m (14 nm)

References

External links

Intel - Ultra Thin Laptops
{{Intel technology 2009 introductions Intel x86 microprocessors

Processors

Based on the Penryn microarchitecture

Single-Core Processors (45 nm)

Dual-Core Processors (45 nm)

Based on the Westmere microarchitecture

Celeron (32 nm)

Pentium (32 nm)

Core i3 (32 nm)

Core i5 (32 nm)

Core i7 (32 nm)

Based on the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture

Celeron (32 nm)

Pentium (32 nm)

Core i3 (32 nm)

Core i5 (32 nm)

Core i7 (32 nm)

Based on the Ivy Bridge microarchitecture

Celeron (22 nm)

Pentium (22 nm)

Core i3 (22 nm)

Core i5 (22 nm)

Core i7 (22 nm)

Based on the Haswell microarchitecture

Celeron (22 nm)

Pentium (22 nm)

Core i3 (22 nm)

Core i5 (22 nm)

Core i7 (22 nm)

Based on the Broadwell microarchitecture

Celeron (14 nm)

Pentium (14 nm)

Core i3 (14 nm)

Core i5 (14 nm)

Core i7 (14 nm)

Core M (14 nm)

Based on the Skylake microarchitecture

Pentium (14 nm)

Core i3 (14 nm)

Core i5 (14 nm)

Core i7 (14 nm)

Core m (14 nm)

Based on the Kaby Lake microarchitecture

Core i3 (14 nm)

Core i5 (14 nm)

Core i7 (14 nm)

Core m (14 nm)

See also

References

External links