If its not confusing enough already with information on 65nm Steeley processors, rumors of an i945 chipset and new Tolapai SOC news, The Register are reporting another, different rumor.

This time its from Taiwan, via a Chinese website and it says that Steeley the UMPC-focused CPU and Little River, a northbridge containing an X3000 GPU will all be launched at the IDF on April 18th. It doesn’t say whether the three products are linked with the McCaslin UMPC-focused platform although it does say that the chips work together.

Together, the chips are said to draw no more than 9.3W, with an average power consumption of 1.95W.

With only two weeks to go before the IDF, its almost a certainty that more information will be leaked on McCaslin and the four new Intel-based UMPCs so be ready for more confusion soon!

Thanks to Paul for the tip.

• Dedicated Intel UMPC architecture in 2008.
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