Centrino Duo?
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old rumours recycling? http://haligon.blogspot.com/2005/11/yonah-t2600-at-216-ghz-powerbook.html
Don't confuse Centrino with Celeron. The Centrino Duo will be a dual-core Pentium M (with a large 2MB L2 cache and 667 Mhz bus speed) and intel wireless
Adapter.
Celeron is essentially a low cost Pentium 4 that's been crippled in bus speed and Cache.
The technology behind the Pentium M(and likely to be pulled thru to the dual-core) avoids NetBurst architecture and HT tricks that the Pentium 4 needs to keep its dense pipelines full and provide decent performance at high clock speeds. A Pentium M with its large cache and less deep pipelines outperforms Pentium 4's at the same clock speed and also provides exceptional low power, low wattage performance, which reduces heat and increases battery life.
Centrino Duo is a win-win, especially in small form factors such as PowerBook\iBook\Mac Mini.
Adapter.
Celeron is essentially a low cost Pentium 4 that's been crippled in bus speed and Cache.
The technology behind the Pentium M(and likely to be pulled thru to the dual-core) avoids NetBurst architecture and HT tricks that the Pentium 4 needs to keep its dense pipelines full and provide decent performance at high clock speeds. A Pentium M with its large cache and less deep pipelines outperforms Pentium 4's at the same clock speed and also provides exceptional low power, low wattage performance, which reduces heat and increases battery life.
Centrino Duo is a win-win, especially in small form factors such as PowerBook\iBook\Mac Mini.
Mikuro
Crotchety UI Nitpicker
Umm....that's GOOD news. In fact, that's the absolute best anyone was expecting. The dual-core Yonah (which is now being called Centrino Duo, apparently....why does Intel have a thousand names for every chip?!?) is going to be the chip to use. I was afraid Apple would use the single-core version, so I'm glad to hear this.
Yonah is the codename. Since everyone's talking about intel things long before they're released (like Apple stuff, really), people are using the codename for a long time. Once the processors are officially announced (or as in the case of Centrino Duo, unofficially so far only), the product name becomes more important. Some people will continue to use the codename, however.
But there's more than just "Yonah" and "Centrino Duo". You'll also see T2500 or L2500 to specify whether a chip is for full-performance or low-power use and model description. I hope Apple will make this easy for us.
But there's more than just "Yonah" and "Centrino Duo". You'll also see T2500 or L2500 to specify whether a chip is for full-performance or low-power use and model description. I hope Apple will make this easy for us.
RGrphc2
...InSaNe...
Most like apple will make it easy for us. Now that we know what Processor that they are going to be using, what are we going to call "them" (the intel-ibooks)
FYI the Centrino is a great mobile chip in it's current form, one of my friends has a IBM Thinkpad w/ a Centrino, and i was installing some stuff on it. (MS Office, Spyware Removers, iTunes, Antivirus, etc.) and was showing at least 5 hours+ battery life during the installation.
So we're looking at maybe 6+ hours of battery life, seeing that the Centrino Duo is going to be 65-nanometer, dual core, and low voltage
FYI the Centrino is a great mobile chip in it's current form, one of my friends has a IBM Thinkpad w/ a Centrino, and i was installing some stuff on it. (MS Office, Spyware Removers, iTunes, Antivirus, etc.) and was showing at least 5 hours+ battery life during the installation.
So we're looking at maybe 6+ hours of battery life, seeing that the Centrino Duo is going to be 65-nanometer, dual core, and low voltage
Lt Major Burns
"Dicky" Charlteston-Burns
iBook Duo? like the Powerbook Duo's from the 90's
nixgeek
Mac of the SubGenius! :-)
Um, Intel is promoting HIGHER performance with LOWER power consumption with Yonah and successors. This is what the current Centrino platform is all about now and will be even more later on with what Intel will be offereing. Doesn't anyone read tech news at all? Sheesh!
Anyways, this is a good thing. Yonah is going to be a boon for Apple and the fact that they might be using the dual-core version is a definite plus. Makes me want a PowerBook even more.
For the record, I'm not dumping on the PPC. I love the PPC architecture. But this was what's best for Apple and I think it's a good move, even though initially I thought it was madness. Bring on the Intels!
Anyways, this is a good thing. Yonah is going to be a boon for Apple and the fact that they might be using the dual-core version is a definite plus. Makes me want a PowerBook even more.
For the record, I'm not dumping on the PPC. I love the PPC architecture. But this was what's best for Apple and I think it's a good move, even though initially I thought it was madness. Bring on the Intels!