At the time when the Pentium 4, based on the netburst microarchitecture was Intel's fastest and hottest chip, many smart Intel fans decided to build a desktop system using Intel's Pentium M CPU which was designed for use in laptops.
However, with the advent of Intel's Core micro architecture this practice was completely abandoned, due to two factors, socket compatibility and the fact that the Core microarchitecture solved many of the problems inherent in the P4 design including a very high TDP.
In a previous post, I said that both Intel and AMD should bring down the max TDP to below 100 watts, and the TDP of the average desktop to it's Sub 30 watts level of 2001 and before. Then it dawned on me, that notebooks, all along, had a TPD average of 25-30watts.
So why not use these mobil CPUs in a Desktop, this would save hundred of millions of Watts per year and would result in a (near) silent PC.
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