Intel will announce availability of the first two Pentium M processors made for communications and networking applications--1.6 and 1.1GHz devices optimized for low voltage.

"This is where we think the market is headed," said Jonathan Luse, marketing manager for Intel's Embedded IA Division in Chandler, Ariz.

"Equipment manufacturers are looking for ways to increase their compute density as well as reduce cost through platform modularity and faster engineering," Luse said. "Compute-intensive applications, including firewalls, VPNs, and intrusion detection, can be addressed by this processor platform, which provides outstanding instruction execution per watt."

The Pentium M introductions are part of a "modular component" approach Intel is applying to communications ICs, he said. The effort will include related hardware and software, software development tools, and reusable application code.End equipment targeted by the Pentium M processors include radio network controllers, media gateways, and wireless and other communications infrastructure.

The new devices will be paired with Intel's existing E7501 server chipset for system-level validation and a development platform, he said.

Both processors are now available. The 1.6GHz device is priced at $625 in quantities of 10,000, and the 1.1GHz processor is $257.

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