Intel launches chips, computer makers debut new models
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 9, 2007 | 8:04 PM ET
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Intel Corp. on Wednesday launched its next generation of Centrino-branded chips, saying the new processors are faster, improve on graphics, wireless networking signal strength and speed, security and energy use.
The new Intel Centrino Duo and Centrino Pro chips, previously code-named Santa Rosa, are to be incorporated into more than 230 designs for desktop and notebook personal computers by the end of the year, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker said.
"Simply said, we have improved virtually all aspects of Intel-based notebooks," Mooly Eden, vice-president and manager of Intel's mobile products group, said in a statement e-mailed to CBC News Online.
Intel says the new Santa Rosa versions of its Core 2 Duo processors perform more than two times better on routine applications when compared to the previous Sonoma generation of chips, including faster program load times and as much as a 20 per cent improvement in startup time.
Hardware firms announce new models
Computer makers were quick to seize on the launch, announcing their plans to use Intel's technology in their products.
Dell Inc. on Wednesday said it would offer two Intel processor-based notebooks within a few weeks — a compact ultra-mobile Latitude 430 and a Precision M4300. The Red Rock, Texas-based computer maker also said in the fall it would detail its plans for a notebook based on Intel Centrino Pro, the Latitude D630c.
China-based computer maker Lenovo also announced new notebook computer models that incorporate the latest Intel technology. The company, formed after Lenovo Group bought IBM's personal computing division, said it was launching its first-ever widescreen notebook in its R-series line, the ThinkPad R61, and the first of its T61 models to have a wide display. The screens on both models are 14.1 inches.
"The technologies we've designed and integrated into our new ThinkPad notebook PCs demonstrate Lenovo's best engineering at work," Peter Hortensius, senior vice-president of Lenovo's notebooks division, said in a statement sent to CBC News Online.
The company also launched a 15.4-inch widescreen notebook, the Lenovo 3000 N200, which focuses on wireless connectivity and graphics capabilities.
All of the new Lenovo notebooks incorporate a honeycomb-design "roll cage" meant to protect the devices' screens in the event they are dropped or struck, similar to a magnesium roll case around the systems' hard-disk drives.
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