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Custom Macbook Air Chip Could be Used by Apple Competitors. Who Cares?
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... Some technical specs for the new Centrino processors are as follows: • Will be used in Lenovo’s X301 and HP’s 2530p • TDP of just 17W • SL9400 (1.8GHz) and the SL9300 (1.6GHz) use a 1066MHz FSB and carry 6MB of L2 cache • “Intel is also introducing a pair of 10W processors: the SU9400 (1.4GHz) and SU9300 (1.2GHz). Both of these chips run on an 800MHz FSB and carry 3MB of L2 cache.” Read - Ars Technica [via MacRumors] Image Source - Intel

Next-gen MacBook Air CPU; Apple's SoHo neighbors complain
AppleInsider — ... and other next-generation technology, Intel at the San Francisco edition of its Developer Forum this week announced its first regularly available processor based on the same, very small chip packaging that made the MacBook Air possible. Nicknamed the Core 2 Duo S , the 1.6GHz and 1.86GHz parts share the same basic architecture as chips released in July but consume about 60 percent less surface area through both a smaller main processor and smaller bridge chips used to interface with memory and peripherals. Although they run at nearly the same clock speeds as the processors ...

A new processor for the MacBook Air
HardMac.com — Source : ARS TechnicaDuring the MacBook Air introduction Keynote, Steve Jobs had annouced that Apple asked for Intel to reduce the size of the Core 2 Duo processor. They succeeded building a chip with a 65 nanometer process technology, 4 MB of cache, and a 20W Thermal Design Power. Intel has announced a new model of his chip: a Penryn with a 45 nanometer process technology, 6 MB of cache, and a lower 17W Thermal Design Power. Officially, CPU frequencies will stay at 1.6 and 1.8 GHz. The first manufacturer to use the new Chip won't be Apple but ...

Intel makes the MacBook Air a little less special
MacUser — ... As you might recall, Intel created a custom built version of their Core 2 Duo processor to power the very svelte MacBook Air. Now Intel is making similar chips available to anyone who wants them (Lenovo is using them in the ...