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    Intel to Boost Wireless Notebooks

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    John G. Spooner
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    March 7, 2006
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      SAN FRANCISCO—Intel plans to power up the wireless capabilities of notebook PCs.

      The chip maker will offer, later this year, a WiMax PC card that will allow notebooks to tap high-speed Internet connections, and during 2007 it aims to equip its notebooks with a new generation of higher-bandwidth Wi-Fi, dubbed 802.11n. It also showed off a combination Wi-Fi/WiMax chip, code-named Ofer.

      Intel believes the new wireless elements will continue a trend toward greater connectivity and greater network speed enjoyed by notebooks since the introduction of its Centrino chip bundle, said Sean Maloney, general manager of Intels Mobility Group, during a keynote address at the chip makers spring Developer Forum, here.

      Centrino notebooks pair one of Intels notebook processors with a supporting chip set and a wireless module.

      Intel will keep moving ahead with its notebook platform hardware as well. It will start later this year by introducing Merom, a new dual-core mobile processor.

      The chip, which promises to grant a 20 percent increase in performance without upping power consumption, has a number of new features, including a 4MB onboard cache.

      Intel will base the chip upon its newest circuitry, dubbed its Core Microarchitecture.

      /zimages/1/28571.gifClick here to read more about Intels plan to create “ultramobile PCs.”

      Merom, due in the second half, will be placed into existing notebook platforms, built on Intels existing platform hardware—a bundle sometimes referred to as Napa. Those systems will hit the market in time for the holiday season, Maloney said.

      The next platform upgrade, code-named Santa Rosa, will arrive early next year and will combine Merom with a new chip set called Crestline and 802.11n wireless module, which is code-named Kedron.

      Santa Rosa will also incorporate Intels AMT (Active Management Technology) and Robson Technology, which uses flash memory to augment a notebooks hard drive.

      /zimages/1/28571.gifRead more here about Intels spring Developer Forum.

      Robson-equipped machines will boot more quickly and be able to save on power by spinning down their hard drives and storing data in the flash memory.

      The WiMax PC Card will arrive in the second half of this year.

      Although he didnt give a time frame for the arrival of the combination radio chip, Maloney said Ofer will be able to address both 802.11n and WiMax, across several different bands, Maloney said.

      “This is a very important first step—a radio that is capable of handling both standards in all of those frequency bands,” he said.

      /zimages/1/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest news in desktop and notebook computing.

      John G. Spooner
      John G. Spooner, a senior writer for eWeek, chronicles the PC industry, in addition to covering semiconductors and, on occasion, automotive technology. Prior to joining eWeek in 2005, Mr. Spooner spent more than four years as a staff writer for CNET News.com, where he covered computer hardware. He has also worked as a staff writer for ZDNET News.

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