Intel says its new Centrino Pro processor is designed to let administrators manage and protect notebooks over a Wi-Fi connection. It also supports 802.11n, improves graphics performance and Intel says the optional Turbo Memory will provide up to two times faster performance when loading frequently-used applications, and up to a 20 percent faster boot time.
Administrators can manage both wired notebooks and desktop PCs, for better-protected PCs, better department compliance, fewer desk-side visits, and less interruption to business.
The Centrino Pro processor will be available in the second quarter this year.
Meanwhile, Intel’s next-generation Core2 Duo, is expected to get an upgrade in May with the Santa Rosa laptop platform.
At the heart of Intel’s Santa Rosa platform is an Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor.
However, a new wireless component, Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N (right), aims to let users work farther away from their access points. Support for the draft 802.11n specification delivers up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range of earlier 802.11 chipsets.
Intel says customers also will see improved graphics performance and support for Windows Vista Aero. With the optional Intel Turbo Memory, users can experience up to two times faster performance when loading frequently used applications, and up to a 20 percent faster boot time.
The first mobile version of the Core 2, code named Merom, was officially released on July 27, 2006, alongside “Conroe”, a desktop Core 2 processor. The second wave of Merom processors, featuring an 800 MT/s FSB and using the new Socket P may launch next month. These chips will be part of the platform code-named Santa Rosa. Its 965GM chipset, containing Intel’s Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3000 graphics engine with Clear Video Technology, will support Direct X-10.
Intel has more than fifteen, 45nm designs in various stages of development, and will have two 45nm manufacturing fabs in production by the end of the year.
Intel will begin producing its next-generation “Penryn” processors by the end of 2007, using greater power efficiency to push improved Core 2 and Xeon chips to speeds over 3GHz, the company said Wednesday.
In other news, today Apple revealed a Mac Pro desktop model configured with two, quad-core Intel Xeon processors. The quad-core 5300 series processors can run up to 3.0GHz and offer 8MB of L2 cache each – for a total of 16MB – as well as a 1333MHz FSB (front side bus). Apple is also offering the Mac Pro with a total of 16GB of RAM and a total of four, SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives that can support up to 3TB of memory.
Intel’s Quad-Core Xeon 5300 offers dual processing cababilities for as many as eight high-performance cores per platform, and comes in 2.0GHz (E5335) and 2.33GHz (E5345) models. The Xeon 5300 is also ideal for rack-mount (1U/2U) and blade servers and includes Virtualization Technology and I/O Acceleration Technology.
