Intel Centrino Duo & Pro Technology Report

Dashken · 10th May 2007, 12:14 AM

Santa Rosa is HERE! Intel has finally launched not one, but TWO new mobile platforms.

Join us as we take a look at the new Centrino Duo and Centrino Pro platforms, and see what new and cool features they bring to the table.

Link : Intel Centrino Duo & Pro Technology Report

peaz · 10th May 2007, 01:48 AM

Really cool stuff. The new Santa Rosa notebooks sure look sweet! Wish I can afford them

zy · 10th May 2007, 03:52 AM

can i fit the Turbo Memory into my laptop ?

but i guess my chipset doesnt support it

peaz · 10th May 2007, 06:02 PM

Just buy a USB drive la. same thing. it's readyboost only anyway. but since i believe ur are running what, 2GB RAM? why bother?

Adrian Wong · 12th May 2007, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zy

can i fit the Turbo Memory into my laptop ?

but i guess my chipset doesnt support it

Nope, it's only supported in the new Santa Rosa motherboards. But again, implementation depends on the notebook manufacturer. Some might prefer to include some Turbo Memory onboard, some might only offer it as an option. Others might not even offer a slot for it.

Adrian Wong · 12th May 2007, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peaz

Just buy a USB drive la. same thing. it's readyboost only anyway. but since i believe ur are running what, 2GB RAM? why bother?

Hmm.. Well, from what I read, it's really for both ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive, unlike what Guan Boon told us at the event.

Anyway, it's faster than USB 2.0 since it's running off the PCI Express x1 connection.

Dashken · 12th May 2007, 08:59 AM

Maybe you can even unhide it in Windows and use it as storage. But I wonder whether the data in it will be deleted automatically.

AFAIK, the drive will be shown in Disk Management as a FAT32 hidden drive.

The_YongGrand · 12th May 2007, 01:20 PM

Wow, those memory booster sticks? I mean, is it as fast as a stick of RAM?

peaz · 13th May 2007, 11:56 AM

nope. it won't be as fast as ram, but faster than reading data off a hard disk.

Hmmm sounds like some implementations in "Vista" edition motherboards, although those tend to use a USB port instead of the PCI/E slot.

zy · 13th May 2007, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Nope, it's only supported in the new Santa Rosa motherboards. But again, implementation depends on the notebook manufacturer. Some might prefer to include some Turbo Memory onboard, some might only offer it as an option. Others might not even offer a slot for it.

yea, since its an add on card, not many laptops can support too many add on cards, for example my dell M1210 has 2 pci-e. one used up by the wifi module, another is still empty but its for the optional WLAN module.

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