Intel launches the Centrino 2 globally

The world’s largest semiconductor and computer microprocessor manufacturer Intel Tuesday launched worldwide its latest processors for notebook computers on its Centrino platform.

The Centrino 2, code-named Montevina during its development stage, is the fifth generation of Intel’s mobile computing processor.

Centrino was first launched in 2003 and refers to a particular combination of processor, chipset and wireless card for laptop computers.

For a notebook to qualify as Centrino, the manufacturer must club all these parts from Intel. If any of the parts - wireless card, chipset or processor - is manufactured by some other company then the computer ceases to be referred to as Centrino.

It is because of this that Centrino has been criticised in the past as being a mere marketing ploy, as it is actually not a new processor but a combination of existing processors and chipsets.

In its worldwide release, the company showcased the five Core 2 Duo processors that will be incorporated under the Centrino umbrella. The company plans to unveil eight more processors for the Centrino 2 platform.

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