AnandTech: Uncovering Intel's Custom CPU for Apple

[Pressure]

A bit of information about the custom CPU Intel made for Apple.

Updated:

First article: Apple's MacBook Air: Uncovering Intel's Custom CPU for Apple.

Second article: The MacBook Air CPU Mystery: More Details Revealed, also mentioned in post 3.

 

[CWallace]

I (jokingly) guessed it might be an early 22mm Montevina, but they have larger caches:

SL9400 (1.86GHz, 6MB, 17W, 1,066MHz FSB)
SL9300 (1.6GHz, 6MB, 17W, 1,066MHz FSB)

Doing a 22mm Memrom would have helped Intel validate the packaging.

 

[Pressure]

AnandTech: Uncovering Intel's Custom CPU for Apple UPDATED

It appears that AnandTech has done a bit more digging about which processor is used in the MacBook Air.

Take a look at this article.

They also discuss the specifications and its intended market. A nice read.

Enjoy

 

[Eidorian]

I'm still waiting for a CPU-Z or Intel CPUID report in OS X. Apple's Developer Notes do mention SSE4.

 

[Brianstorm91]

Interesting.
Intel <3 Apple.

 

[Pressure]

I'm still waiting for a CPU-Z or Intel CPUID report in OS X. Apple's Developer Notes do mention SSE4.

In that case it it shouldn't be a Merom but I still think it is. I doubt it is a mobile Penryn though but nontheless it is interesting

 

[em500]

Actually it mentions SSSE4, which is likely a typo (note that Merom has SSE3 and SSSE3).