Intel introduces Centrino 2 platform

Intel unveiled its Intel Centrino 2 processor technology products for notebooks, powered by five new Intel Core2 Duo processors. Close to 250 consumer and business notebook PC designs are on the way. Intel also introduced the world's highest-performing dual-core mobile processor, the Intel Core2 Extreme processor running at 3.06GHz.

Rounding out a mobile-focused summer for the company, Intel said it also plans to unveil eight processors within 90 days that will include first-ever mobile quad-core products and second-generation products for ultra-thin and light notebooks. In total, Intel will bring 14 new processors into the marketplace as notebook sales continue to outpace desktop PCs.

Formerly codenamed Montevina, Intel Centrino 2 processor technology and Intel Centrino 2 with vPro Technology improve notebook performance and battery life via new processors and chipsets, faster draft 802.11n wireless (with WiMAX arriving later this year), and new business-class manageability capabilities....