Intel Santa Rosa Platform Coming in May

Intel’s forthcoming Centrino notebook platform, codenamed Santa Rosa, will be released in May, according to TG Daily.

The next generation Centrino platform was introduced at Intel Developer Forum in September 2006. It is designed for use with Intel Core 2 Duo (codenamed Merom) processors and will feature 667MHz up to 800MHz front-side bus. The FSB speed can be dynamically reduced and raised, as required by the operating workload.

The new platform, also known as Centrino Pro, is likely to have integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3000. TG Daily has learned that the Santa Rosa’s integrated graphics chip in platform’s 965GM “Crestline” chipset will be DirectX 10 compatible.

The Santa Rosa will incorporate forthcoming 802.11n Wireless standard and ‘Robson’ flash memory based hard drive cache, the chip maker said.

Initially, Centrino Pro is claimed to integrate 3G wireless solution, but Intel and Nokia recently announced that their joint 3G module development plan was canceled.

Along with new notebook platform, Intel will introduce new Core 2 Duo Mobile processors in May, with 800MHz FSB support, compared to 667MHz in current Meroms.

TG Daily

[…] According to recent reports, the Santa Rosa platform also known as Centrino Pro, will be released in May. […]

[…] The “Santa Rosa” notebooks, planned to be sold under Centrino Pro and Centrino Duo brands, incorporate Intel Mobile 965 Express chipset. The Mobile 965 will have improved graphics processor over the current 945 chipset. Intel Graphics Media Acellerator 950 will be replaced with GMA X3100, which will not be DirectX 10 capable, as it was reported previously. […]