Centrino 2 Launches Monday

Intel’s newest mobile platform, Centrino 2, will launch on Monday, July 11. Among the improvements, the new platform will include support for 802.11n, WiMAX and DDR3 RAM, as well as faster 45nm processors which reach speeds of up to 2.8GHz.

One thing to note is that the first available chipsets will only include nVidia and ATI’s dedicated graphics, not Intel’s integrated systems. The new platform should increase performance and battery life across the board compared to the older generation of notebooks.

As notebook shipments have begun to significantly outpace the sales of desktop computers, each new notebook platform launched by Intel becomes more important to the company. This Monday July 14 marks the launch of Intel’s Centrino 2 platform, previously known by the code-name Montevina. The launch comes weeks after Intel had planned due to a problem with Intel’s own integrated graphics for the platform.