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Christmas cheer around the corner for PC buyers
News Intel's Centrino is a specific combination of a Pentium mobile chip and Intel's wireless LAN technology used in laptops and other mobile devices. While computer makers can order their desktop chipsets from other vendors, the only concern would be...
[October 21, 2005, 15:35]
Dell updates Pentium M notebooks
News The chip is part of Intel's push into the wireless realm with its new Centrino brand, which also includes the 855 chipset and an 802.11b networking module. A host of manufacturers, including Dell, IBM, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba, unveiled...
[March 21, 2003, 16:43]
NEC Versa S900 review
Reviews Being a Centrino machine, it also sports wireless networking in the form of an Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 802.11b Mini-PCI card. Centrino notebooks are fast, helped by the massive 1MB of on-die Level 2 cache and 400MHz front-side bus supported by...
[April 3, 2003, 15:28]
Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet review
Reviews It's a Centrino 2 system, with support for Intel's vPro remote management technology. Lenovo's ThinkPad X200 Tablet is a 1.6kg Centrino 2 convertible Tablet PC. The system's integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics module supports up to 2,048 by 1,536...
[January 5, 2009, 15:14]
Thursday
Blog We're still getting new Centrino-based notebooks here and they're still benchmarking very nicely, thank you. Anybody who can come up with the surrealist splendour of Centrino branding is clearly touched by genius.
[March 21, 2003, 18:36]
Intel aims to extend desktop dominance
News Centrino, a notebook platform that includes a Pentium M processor, a chipset and a Wi-Fi chip, was one of Intel's first official attempts at selling chips in a platform. Unlike Centrino, the Professional Business Platform won't be sold under a...
[May 18, 2005, 16:20]
Acer TravelMate 291LCi review
Reviews The 290 models come with a 1.3GHz Pentium M processor, while the 291 models have the 1.4GHz part; all come with integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 802.11b wireless networking, making them official Centrino systems.
[February 6, 2004, 8:25]
IDF photos: MIDs and the world's smallest mobo review
Reviews Together, the Atom/SCH combination form the Centrino Atom (formerly Menlow) platform for Mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs). This system-on-a-chip is the successor to the Centrino Atom (Menlow) platform, and is rumoured to...
[April 2, 2008, 11:20]
Asus S1N review
Reviews This is a Centrino-branded system, which means that wireless networking is catered for by Intel's PRO/Wireless 2100 802.11b Mini-PCI card. When it comes to battery life (an important consideration for a travel-friendly ultraportable), the S1N is...
[July 29, 2003, 7:59]
Lenovo ThinkPad T61 review
Reviews One major feature the Centrino Pro ThinkPad T61 has over the Centrino Duo R61 is the inclusion of Intel's Active Management Technology, where your IT department can remotely fix, update or even recover your system after an OS failure, if you're...
[May 29, 2007, 16:36]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog The reason, he explains from the off, is that he promised his team that if they hit target with Centrino sales he'd have his head shaved. There's a huge array of laptops on shelving at the back of the stage all displaying the Centrino logo -- are...
[February 20, 2004, 16:05]
802.11g on track for finalisation
News Centrino is composed of a new low-power Pentium-M processor, a chipset and Wi-Fi components tested by Intel. Last Thursday the chipmaker said it will begin using the technology in its Centrino bundle of chips sooner than planned.
[May 22, 2003, 8:22]
Intel promotes the wireless home network
News The company recently announced the name of its latest mobile platform, which integrates wireless networking capabilities with processor power, called Centrino. Centrino, which will incorporate 802.11b chips, is expected to provide the Wi-Fi...
[January 10, 2003, 7:36]
IBM ThinkPad T40 review
Reviews If you opt for an Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 802.11b Mini-PCI card, you can count yourself among the Centrino crowd. Whether the T40 is an official Centrino depends on your choice of wireless hardware. But it's not a Centrino if you choose one of the...
[June 11, 2003, 8:19]
Intel's 2010 roadmap review
Reviews Calpella will not be marketed under the successful Centrino brand that has served the five previous mobile platform generations. But Centrino will not disappear entirely: the name will survive in Calpella's wireless LAN module.
[November 4, 2009, 10:20]
Buyer's Guide: Santa Rosa notebooks review
Reviews Intel's new Santa Rosa mobile platform (notebooks can be branded either Centrino Duo or Centrino Pro, depending on the precise mix of components used) hasn't led to any immediate earth-shattering gains in either performance or battery life...
[June 4, 2007, 14:26]
Yep, one of the ten key moments that shaped IT.
Talkback Intel's debut of the 'Centrino' Pentium - m' processor I think the development of the Pentium 4 Processor into the optimized, low power 'Centrino' Pentium - m, mobile processor is quite important. The Centrino Pentium-m design was renamed & used in...
[October 6, 2009, 9:37]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Intel had been strangely circumspect about today's big announcement: the business platform to match Centrino in portables and Viiv in home systems. We didn't know the name — although the good old Inquirer managed to do a weekend ferret and found a...
[April 28, 2006, 18:25]
Intel likes a touch of suede
News They feature "ultra micro-fibre, Ultrasuede fabric" fitted directly into the casing of Intel Centrino-based laptops. "Chic" was the word on Intel's lips this week as it showed off a new line of concept laptop PCs that the company believes brings...
[November 30, 2005, 11:35]
Intel's wireless future
News Chip-sets that are optimised for wireless working — such as Centrino — have helped to move the debate on from simple speed to the idea of specific processors for specific tasks. Intel has been under considerable pressure to expand its business...
[December 4, 2006, 12:53]
