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Intel Centrino 2 to offer 533MHz FSB

edited November 2003 in Science & Tech
'Sonoma', the second generation of Intel's Centrino platform, may now appear later than anticipated, according to the latest roadmap information to leak onto the web.
[blockquote]Announced in September at Intel Developer Forum, Sonoma comprises a second-generation Wi-Fi adaptor, Calexico 2; the 'Alviso' chipset; and 'Dothan', the 90nm, 2MB L2 version of the Pentium M. Intel said the platform will debut in the second half of 2004.

With Dothan due to ship late 2003/early 2004, that timeframe was taken as shorthand for Q3. But according to roadmap information relayed to Xbit Labs, Sonoma will not appear before Q4 2004.

That's still within Intel's publicly stated timetable, so face will be saved. Alviso's North Bridge features a new graphics core and adds dynamic screen power-saving technology, which controls a notebook's backlight on the fly to reduce the backlight brightness - and thus its power consumption - based on what's displayed on the screen. It also supports DDR 2 SDRAM.

The Alviso South Bridge, ICH6-M, brings Serial ATA and Gigabit Ethernet to Centrino. The chipset uses the ExpressCard add-in format. It also features 'Azalia', a sound system that supersedes AC97 and offers Dolby 7.1 support. [/blockquote]<b>Source : <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/33964.html&quot; target="_new">The Register</a>

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    The Pentium M is the only really sweet Intel processor. I can't wait to see "Dothan".
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Now all we need is some 2.5" SATA drives. ATI Mobility 9800 would go great with this book.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    It also features 'Azalia', a sound system that supersedes AC97 and offers Dolby 7.1 support."

    Question is though, is it actually hardware accelerated audio, or software emulated crap like the AC97 was....

    NS
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