Difference of Centrino and Centrino 2

[faye]

Hi,

i am about to get a new notebook, but now i want to gether more info about it first...

How big of the difference btwn a centrino and centrino 2?
performance and battery usage?

 

[imported_Kensai]

What's a Centrino 2?
Is it the Centrinos based on the Dothan core or something?

 

[Gibson486]

Sonoma incorporates 'Dothan', the 90nm Pentium M, along with 'Alviso', the next-generation Centrino chipset. The platform was unveiled at last autumn's IDF, and given a broad release timeframe, sometime in the second half of 2004.


Chandrasekher revistited Sonoma during IDF this week. He confirmed speculation that Alviso will provide a 533MHz effective bit rate frontside bus. There's dual-channel DDR 2 SDRAM support in the mix, too - up to 2GB of it - along with the next, third version of Intel's integrated Extreme Graphics, with its dual-display capability and TV out.

Alviso features Intel's High Definition Audio sub-system, formerly known as 'Azalia', which is built into the ICH6-M South Bridge. As revealed last year, it also provides Serial ATA and Gigabit Ethernet support, along with room to cope with up to eight USB 2.0 ports and four PCI Express ports, primarily for ExpressCard devices.

from: the register

 

[imported_Kensai]

Still wondering what a Centrino 2 is...

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Kensai
Still wondering what a Centrino 2 is...

did you even read my post?

 

[randumb]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Sonoma incorporates 'Dothan', the 90nm Pentium M, along with 'Alviso', the next-generation Centrino chipset. The platform was unveiled at last autumn's IDF, and given a broad release timeframe, sometime in the second half of 2004.


Chandrasekher revistited Sonoma during IDF this week. He confirmed speculation that Alviso will provide a 533MHz effective bit rate frontside bus. There's dual-channel DDR 2 SDRAM support in the mix, too - up to 2GB of it - along with the next, third version of Intel's integrated Extreme Graphics, with its dual-display capability and TV out.

Alviso features Intel's High Definition Audio sub-system, formerly known as 'Azalia', which is built into the ICH6-M South Bridge. As revealed last year, it also provides Serial ATA and Gigabit Ethernet support, along with room to cope with up to eight USB 2.0 ports and four PCI Express ports, primarily for ExpressCard devices.

from: the register

Umm...Sonoma is already out.

 

[ShellGuy]

Randumb he was quoting another source so elab on what Sonoma is.


Will G.

 

[randumb]

Originally posted by: ShellGuy
Randumb he was quoting another source so elab on what Sonoma is.


Will G.

Oh, whoops.

 

[piasabird]

Here is an interesting article:


http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20050119/index.html

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Sonoma incorporates 'Dothan', the 90nm Pentium M, along with 'Alviso', the next-generation Centrino chipset. The platform was unveiled at last autumn's IDF, and given a broad release timeframe, sometime in the second half of 2004.


Chandrasekher revistited Sonoma during IDF this week. He confirmed speculation that Alviso will provide a 533MHz effective bit rate frontside bus. There's dual-channel DDR 2 SDRAM support in the mix, too - up to 2GB of it - along with the next, third version of Intel's integrated Extreme Graphics, with its dual-display capability and TV out.

Alviso features Intel's High Definition Audio sub-system, formerly known as 'Azalia', which is built into the ICH6-M South Bridge. As revealed last year, it also provides Serial ATA and Gigabit Ethernet support, along with room to cope with up to eight USB 2.0 ports and four PCI Express ports, primarily for ExpressCard devices.

from: the register

:thumbsup:

He hit it right on the head. The best way to describe this is not Centrino 2 (As technically it would be Centrino "3"), but as the latest generation of the Centrino platform. Originally there was the Banias CPU, then the Dothan CPU w/a new mobo, and now the same Dothan CPU w/a very different mobo. Keep in mind that not all manufacturer's will use DDR2, PCI-E, and SATA with a 533MHz FSB Sonoma notebook. Point in case, Sony & Toshiba's latest 15.4" offerings. Don't remember the Toshiba model #, but the Sony is the FS550. While the FS550 is pretty, its performance isn't worth the price tag and the battery life is piss poor for a Centrino notebook