Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2005/12/14/napa_outshines_sonoma/
Intel's next-generation Centrino platform, codenamed 'Napa', not only consumes rather less power than its predecessor does, but is faster and has garnered a greater degree of industry support, the chip giant claimed this week.
According to Keith Kressin, a marketing director within Intel's Mobility Group, Napa will form the basis for at least 230 systems, more than the previous generation of the platform, 'Sonoma'.
Why? A greater interest in mobile products, for one, but also because Napa consumes 28 per cent less power than today's top-of-the-range Sonoma-based notebooks, Kressin claimed. That's a result of the use of a 65nm process to make the CPU, 'Yonah', but it also arises from the tweaks made to the chip's sleep modes and its cache infrastructure.
The dual-core Yonah will also deliver a 30-100 per cent performance boost over 90nm, single-core 'Dothan' Pentium M chips, Kressin said.
"Napa offers substantially improved performance at the same time that we have this better battery life," he told reporters.
Napa is due to debut early next year - possibly as soon as 6 January, if claims made by industry sources prove correct. ®
Intel prices up 65nm dual, single-core 'Yonah' (3 January 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/01/03/intel_prices_up_yonah/
NEC unveils first 'Yonah' notebook (20 December 2005)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2005/12/20/nec_lavie_yonah/
Intel Viiv, 'Centrino 3' launch dates leak (12 December 2005)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2005/12/12/intel_viiv_yonah_launches/
Intel's 'Yonah' benchmarked (30 November 2005)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2005/11/30/intel_yonah_benchmarked/
Intel preps two-stage 'Napa' retail roll-out (22 November 2005)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2005/11/22/intel_napa_retail_plan/
Intel to bring Lakeport graphics to Napa (23 August 2005)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/23/centrino_graphics_wlan_update/
Intel's 'Yonah' to supersede 'Dothan' Q2 06 (8 August 2005)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/08/intel_mobile_roadmap/
Intel 'ditches' high-end 'Centrino 3' chipset (12 July 2005)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/12/intel_axes_955xm/