Intel launches Centrino 2 aiming for performance and mobility

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Intel Centrino 2 Launch in Taiwan.
Image: Rico Shen.

After the launch of Intel Atom for low-price PCs during the 2008 COMPUTEX Taipei, Intel globally unveiled the Centrino 2 Processor Technology (formerly codenamed "Montevina") products for laptops yesterday July 15.

Getac 9213.
Image: Rico Shen.

This Centrino 2 continues support for features on the earlier-released 45 nanometer (45nm) "Penryn" processor, and implements enhanced security and management features to the Vpro version. "HD-to-Go" for mobile entertainment and "802.11n" for wireless networking were embedded into this new processor technology. Due to the difference on networking infrastructure in several nations, the WiMAX feature will be added in Europe and North America before this December.

According to Intel Corp., wireless network transmission with 802.11 draft-N feature will be up to 450 Mbps, it delivered five times the speed and twice the range of older 802.11a/g technology in this processor technology. In addition, Intel Centrino 2 also provided the horsepower and battery life for mobile entertainment and mobile business.

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• "Intel launches 45nm "Penryn" processor aiming for energy-efficiency". Wikinews, November 13, 2007

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• Press Release: "New Intel-Based Laptops Advance - All Facets of Notebook PCs". Intel Corporation, July 15, 2008
• Brooke Crothers "Intel Centrino 2 launch was not about the processor". CNET, July 15, 2008
• Larry Dignan "Intel rolls out Centrino 2 processor; Earnings on tap". ZDNet, July 15, 2008
• Sumner Lemon "Intel to Shrink Centrino 2 Chips for Thinner Laptops". PC World, July 15, 2008
• "Intel Centrino 2 for Laptops is Here". Techtree, July 15, 2008

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