Background
The Pentium® M processor (not to be confused with the Pentium® 4 M) was code named Banias and was introduced on 03/12/03. It is the first Intel® IA32 processor to be designed from the ground up as a mobile (i.e., laptop) processor. Reducing power conservation was targeted in many areas of the processor design. It is not a member of the Pentium® 4 processor family. Intel® has never confirmed it, but it is based on the Pentium® III processor core rather than the Pentium® 4 core. Almost certainly, the next version of the Pentium® M will probably be designed around the Pentium® 4 core.
From a software perspective, the Pentium® M processor is 100% compatible with the 130nm Pentium® 4 processor. The 90nm Pentium® 4 instruction set is a superset ...
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