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Centrino 2: What's in the Intel sequel?

By Rory Reid on 15 July 2008, 10:30am

Processors
To qualify as a Centrino laptop, machines need to have a particular type of CPU, motherboard chipset and Wi-Fi adaptor, all built to provide longer battery life and guarantee connectivity to hotspots. As of 14 July, Intel will unveil a new collection of CPUs, chipsets and Wi-Fi adaptors -- all built to make the Centrino sequel a must have.

Centrino 2 will use the latest 45nm Intel Core 2 processors, codenamed Penryn. There's plenty of choice, too. Any chip with the model number 'Txxxx' -- currently the 2.8GHz T9600 and 2.53GHz T9400 -- will be aimed at performance enthusiasts. Any CPU with the part number 'Pxxxx' belongs to the 'power-optimised performance' range, so they'll be quick, but they'll give you longer battery life, save trees and prolong the life of our planet.

The 'SPxxxx', 'SLxxxx', 'SUxxxx', and 'Uxxxx' are part of the 'performance small form factor' group, and will fit into slim and light machines such as the MacBook Air, Lenovo X300 and Toshiba R500.

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