Intel officially launched the Centrino 2 notebook platform on Tuesday, a CPU/chipset/wireless combination that the company claims will offer increased performance at a lower power consumption than its predecessors.
Intel executives also confirmed that the company will ship a quad-core version of the platform by the end of the quarter. Executives also patched some of the expected holes in the announcement by claiming that the Mobile Intel Express 45 chipset was already shipping with integrated graphics, after the company previously announced a delay.
Centrino 2 notebooks with integrated graphics will be available in "the coming weeks," according to Mooly Eden, the vice president and general manager of the mobile platforms group at Intel. A corresponding Wi-Fi delay also resulted in a slip of just three weeks, meaning that Intels 802.11n technology is also "good to go," Eden added.
Over 250 different products will ship with the new platform, Eden said, who introduced the new platform Monday night on Centrinos fifth anniversary. Acer, Lenovo, and Sony, among others, all announced new Centrino 2 notebooks.
Intel claims that, overall, the Centrino 2 platform offers 23 percent better overall performance, measured by the Sysmark06 benchmark, versus a 27 percent overall decrease in power consumption. Eden explained the seeming inconsistency of higher performance through less power through an acronym: HUGI, or Hurry Up and Get Idle. The new platform contains aggressive power management to force it as quickly as possible into a low-power sleep state.
The reduction in power also means that OEMs have the freedom to design thinner, more attractive notebooks, Eden added. He also demonstrated a small-form-factor desktop prototype that had been built around the Centrino 2 platform.
"With Centrino 2, Intel has taken thin and light and made it mainstream," Leslie Fiering, vice president for mobile computing at Gartner, said in an interview.
As always, the Centrino 2 "Montevina" platform consists of a CPU, a chipset, and a radio. Intel introduced five new processors, all with a 1,066-MHz front-side bus and up to 6 Mbytes of level-2 cache. The fastest, the X9100, runs at 3.06 GHz. Three other processors are dedicated low-power versions and carry a "P" prefix, with a thermal design power of 25 watts.
The X9100 also will allow users to unlock it, pushing it beyond its rated limits for those enthusiasts who wish to ad additional cooling.
Within 90 days, Intel said, it plans to launch eight processors that will include what Eden called "the beast," a quad-core chip, as well as next-generation microprocessors for thin and light notebooks.
The Mobile Intel 45 chipset complements the Intel Wi-Fi Link 5000, an 802.11n radio module that is compliant with the draft specification. Intels chipset also allows an OEM to add a discrete graphics chip that can be switched on to provide enhanced gaming performance. A hybrid Wi-Fi/WiMAX 5050 card will ship later this year, after being delayed following the merger of Sprint and Clearwire.
Whats the measure of a notebook these days? Apparently, the ability to play a Blu-ray movie straight through without plugging in the laptop. In what he acknowledged was a jab at rival AMD, Eden said "when someone asks you running the whole movie ask if it is a movie or it is the trailer."
AMD, meanwhile, has the advantage of a "Puma" notebook platform that is already in the market, shipping, and without delays, said Pat Moorhead, vice president of advanced marketing for AMD, in an interview. "There are no delays, no workarounds, no performance issues," he said. "Im certainly not sitting back and gloating. Weve had our share of problems, but not on this platform."
Moorhead also claimed that a Puma platform could play back a Blu-ray disc on battery power.
EDITORS NOTE: This story was updated at 7:00 AM PDT with additional details of the launch.
Intel executives also confirmed that the company will ship a quad-core version of the platform by the end of the quarter. Executives also patched some of the expected holes in the announcement by claiming that the Mobile Intel Express 45 chipset was already shipping with integrated graphics, after the company previously announced a delay.
Centrino 2 notebooks with integrated graphics will be available in "the coming weeks," according to Mooly Eden, the vice president and general manager of the mobile platforms group at Intel. A corresponding Wi-Fi delay also resulted in a slip of just three weeks, meaning that Intels 802.11n technology is also "good to go," Eden added.
Over 250 different products will ship with the new platform, Eden said, who introduced the new platform Monday night on Centrinos fifth anniversary. Acer, Lenovo, and Sony, among others, all announced new Centrino 2 notebooks.
Intel claims that, overall, the Centrino 2 platform offers 23 percent better overall performance, measured by the Sysmark06 benchmark, versus a 27 percent overall decrease in power consumption. Eden explained the seeming inconsistency of higher performance through less power through an acronym: HUGI, or Hurry Up and Get Idle. The new platform contains aggressive power management to force it as quickly as possible into a low-power sleep state.
The reduction in power also means that OEMs have the freedom to design thinner, more attractive notebooks, Eden added. He also demonstrated a small-form-factor desktop prototype that had been built around the Centrino 2 platform.
"With Centrino 2, Intel has taken thin and light and made it mainstream," Leslie Fiering, vice president for mobile computing at Gartner, said in an interview.
As always, the Centrino 2 "Montevina" platform consists of a CPU, a chipset, and a radio. Intel introduced five new processors, all with a 1,066-MHz front-side bus and up to 6 Mbytes of level-2 cache. The fastest, the X9100, runs at 3.06 GHz. Three other processors are dedicated low-power versions and carry a "P" prefix, with a thermal design power of 25 watts.
The X9100 also will allow users to unlock it, pushing it beyond its rated limits for those enthusiasts who wish to ad additional cooling.
Within 90 days, Intel said, it plans to launch eight processors that will include what Eden called "the beast," a quad-core chip, as well as next-generation microprocessors for thin and light notebooks.
The Mobile Intel 45 chipset complements the Intel Wi-Fi Link 5000, an 802.11n radio module that is compliant with the draft specification. Intels chipset also allows an OEM to add a discrete graphics chip that can be switched on to provide enhanced gaming performance. A hybrid Wi-Fi/WiMAX 5050 card will ship later this year, after being delayed following the merger of Sprint and Clearwire.
Whats the measure of a notebook these days? Apparently, the ability to play a Blu-ray movie straight through without plugging in the laptop. In what he acknowledged was a jab at rival AMD, Eden said "when someone asks you running the whole movie ask if it is a movie or it is the trailer."
AMD, meanwhile, has the advantage of a "Puma" notebook platform that is already in the market, shipping, and without delays, said Pat Moorhead, vice president of advanced marketing for AMD, in an interview. "There are no delays, no workarounds, no performance issues," he said. "Im certainly not sitting back and gloating. Weve had our share of problems, but not on this platform."
Moorhead also claimed that a Puma platform could play back a Blu-ray disc on battery power.
EDITORS NOTE: This story was updated at 7:00 AM PDT with additional details of the launch.
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