Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC Based on Intel’s Santa Rosa Platform

Samsung Q1 Ultra, the company’s new ultra mobile PC scheduled for launch at CeBIT 2007 show in Hannover - Germany, is based on Intel’s forthcoming Santa Rosa notebook platform, Daily Tech reports.

“The Q1 Ultra will be riding on Intel’s Centrino Pro platform, codenamed Santa Rosa, and will be sporting a new Core 2 based processor running at a mere 800MHz. Intel’s 965 chipset will provide the core logic, and by association a GMA3000-derived graphics chipset will offer DirectX 9.0c features. Weight is slightly reduced to 1.5lbs from the 1.7lbs of the Q1, and just over a half-inch of height is shaved off,” the report says.

It is expected that Samsung Q1 Ultra will be officially unveiled later today.

Daily Tech

UPDATE: According to later reports, Samsung Q1 Ultra uses a new Intel’s low-voltage platform codenamed McCaslin and single core Steeley processor.

[…] Previously, it was reported that Samsung Q1 Ultra is built on Intel “Santa Rosa” platform. […]