Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Intel said it plans to ship next month an upgrade of its dual-core mobile platform that's based on the company's next-generation 45-nanometer manufacturing process. In addition, the chipmaker launched a solid-state drive for mobile devices and plans to have notebook SSDs available by mid-2008.
Intel provided updates of some of its upcoming products during a news conference in downtown San Francisco.
The refresh of Intel's Centrino platform, code-named Santa Rosa, will include a 45-nanometer Core 2 Duo processor, code-named Penryn. The company is moving its whole product line over to the new manufacturing process, which gets more transistors on a chip than the previous generation for more computing power without increasing energy consumption.
The platform upgrade includes Intel's GM965 Express chipset, which has technology for processing high-definition video in HD DVD or Blu-ray formats. In addition, the platform supports Microsoft's DirectX 10, the latest version of the software maker's graphics technology, which is in Windows Vista.
Intel plans to offer the Santa Rosa refresh as a platform for smaller desktop PCs that have a stylish design to attract buyers. The platform offers quieter and cooler technology than other desktop products.
By: DocMemory
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