Intel has officially launched its new Centrino platform, better known as Santa Rosa. The new platform is based on the Mobile Intel 965 Express chipset which also sports Intel’s new graphics circuit with Clear Video Technology. The sidekick of the Mobile Intel 965 Express chipset will, as expected, be Intel’s Core 2 Duo processors with an 800MHz processor bus, the older Meroms had a 667MHz processor bus. Another important update of the Santa Rosa platform is its support for the not yet finalized network standard 802.11n. This wireless standard offers up to five times higher transfer rates than 802.11g and twice the reach.
“Experience 2X the multitasking performance with Intel Centrino Duo processor technology powered by the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor.² Get ready for stunning digital images on games, photos, and all your digital entertainment and see exciting new levels of graphics performance. Scream through single and multithreaded applications.”
The new Santa Rosa platform will, according to Intel, appear in more than 230 different laptops in 2007 and we’ve already received press releases from manufacturers where they present their new models.
