Intel unleashes the Centrino 2 -- finally

Just when we were about to forget about you, Centrino 2, here you come with your efficient bad self. Intel finally announced the new 802.11 Wi-Fi, integrated graphics-packing mobile platform after delays related to the wireless tech. Centrino 2 will come in two varieties: one for consumers and the vPro platform for the briefcase crew. The chipset can be configured for gamers, using a discrete graphics chip rather than the integrated set, if that's your thing. Of most import (or amusement) is Intel's HUGI (Hurry Up and Get Idle), which it says is the tech behind the Centrino 2's uber-efficiency -- faster speeds mean less time spent doing stuff, of course. It notes that the tech allows for an entire Blu-Ray disc to be played back for two hours on one battery charge. Finally, Intel promises a WiMax version this fall, so if you have the patience, you may want to wait for that barring further delays.

[Erik @ Jul 14th 2008 11:08PM]

Does this mean the Latitude E-series can finally drop?

[inch @ Jul 14th 2008 11:12PM]

I hope so! Studios with Montevina wouldn't be bad either.

[Ace b @ Jul 15th 2008 12:06AM]

so the new sony's that were just announced have these chips.right?

[Anthony @ Jul 15th 2008 3:03AM]

ewww yuck dell T_T common now atleast you could get a gateway

[Charles Han @ Jul 14th 2008 11:20PM]

geez finally it hits, i want to see new macbook pros with these mobile chips and equipped with 9600m gt on the double!

[v3xx @ Jul 14th 2008 11:28PM]

im with you man. school starts on august 25th and my macbook wont be able to keep up with what i need it for. i guess if i had to i could buy it as late as possible and hope theres an update within 14 days of that. maybe i could even run vista for more than an hour.

[athousandleaves @ Jul 14th 2008 11:25PM]

Are the new Macbook Pro's supposed to get these?

[Luke @ Jul 14th 2008 11:41PM]

Once everybody and their dog has updated theirs, the mighty "innovative" Apple will get around to it. ;)

[dagamer34 @ Jul 15th 2008 12:33AM]

Yep, along with a redesign.

[Stevo @ Jul 14th 2008 11:51PM]

"which it say"?

[Ryan @ Jul 14th 2008 11:51PM]

Good summary of the technology behind Centrino 2 including switchable graphics!!! Does this mean a notebook that can do GOOD gaming while having great battery life on the go???

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=591

[a @ Jul 14th 2008 11:56PM]

consumers and brief case crew? huh? is that like desktop and laptop? or desktop replacement? or mini-tower? owning a brief case doesn't mean a businessperson, and they can be consumers too. kinda confusing there.

[Craig @ Jul 14th 2008 11:57PM]

"the tech allows for an entire Blu-Ray disc to be played back for two hours on one battery charge"

Um...huh? What if said Blu-Ray disc has a 3-hour movie on it?

I are confused.

[Bender Bending Rodriguez @ Jul 15th 2008 12:10AM]

What is even more confusing is that the statement makes no qualification of the other items draining the battery or the mAh of the battery. The statement is just some silly hyperbole that makes absolutely no real world sense.

[Charles Han @ Jul 15th 2008 12:13AM]

sol then

[Erik @ Jul 15th 2008 12:21AM]

any idea if next iPhone will use these?
:)

[Erik @ Jul 15th 2008 2:29AM]

Quiet, you Doppelgänger!

[erik @ Jul 15th 2008 2:33AM]

hehe :)

[jordan @ Jul 15th 2008 12:35AM]

will these be in the new macbook pros and how much faster can they make them go now? anyone know when the new macbook pros come out?

[Mobius_1 @ Jul 15th 2008 12:51AM]

I like the HUGI idea. It's like "I'm always chilling out coz I work so fast I'm always finished."

[Dave @ Jul 15th 2008 1:25AM]

More details at HH along with some sexy notebooks shown on display :)
http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/Intel_Unveils_Montevina_Centrino_2_Platform_Launched/

[OziD @ Jul 15th 2008 1:28AM]

if you go strictly by how things went last time around, santa rosa was announced in May 2007, was released in January 2008, and the Macbooks got updated at the end of February. So this time it would be released March 2008 and well see new Macbooks next year around the end of April.

I expect this to happen a bit faster though, and go by the same general schedule.

Although we might see something a lot faster, say... October release and Holiday season Macbook updates. Just speculation on my part though.

[Macro @ Jul 15th 2008 1:37AM]

"More than 240 new laptops will be launched Tuesday using Intel's Centrino 2 platform."

I hope they don't list every single one.

[Didou @ Jul 15th 2008 2:44AM]

Is the default WiFi part of the draft-N nature or can builders still use 802.11G ? I would prefer the former personally but I guess that's not bound to happen until the norm leaves the draft & becomes a standard.

[Erik @ Jul 15th 2008 3:16AM]

ok.....wtf?

[Wololo @ Jul 15th 2008 7:49AM]

"It notes that the tech allows for an entire Blu-Ray disc to be played back for two hours on one battery charge."

Oh, well, that's nice. Now it allows entire discs to be played for two hours. I was just getting used to having to chop them in half.

[Steve T @ Jul 15th 2008 11:24AM]

so is the integrated graphics version of the chip out now too? i've heard it's available in a few weeks... and is Intel shipping in volume? or do we have to wait for them to ramp up production for the 200 laptops to become available...

[ChronoZaga @ Jul 15th 2008 11:09PM]

HUGI seems like a good step forward. Is that pronounced "Huggy," "Hoogie," "Who-Guy," or "Aytch-You-Gee-Eye?"