Intel is about to stop manufacturing Pentium M chips

The processing device is codenamed Dothan, and other components of the generation Centrino Sonoma - the mobile technology launched by the world's leading chip maker in 2003 - will start to stop "coming out" from January. twelfth.

Taipei's DigiTimes newspaper also confirmed that the final version of Dothan will be released in February 2007. Instead, customers will be introduced to Sonoma's "descendant" platform and the third Centrino generation.

Intel believes that no one will regret Sonoma because even today's popular laptops can integrate Core Duo chips. By the second quarter of 2007, the 4th generation of Centrino, Santa Rosa, will be available in the market. According to the schedule, Napa will also be discontinued in November 2008.

Users witnessed the arrival of Centrino, then Centrino Duo and prepared to receive Centrino Pro. This platform, combined with vPro technology, will be integrated in laptops for entrepreneurs.

vPro has been mentioned by Intel since the beginning of the year, but the first desktop system using this technology has just been released recently thanks to the introduction of the desktop Core 2 Duo processor.

Switching from a desktop system to a notebook is something Intel can't ignore. As before, Centrino is designed specifically for business users but that platform has now become a popular brand in the market.

With Centrino Pro, observers await the emergence of Active Management Technology 2.0 management technology, Intel VT virtualization and LaGrande technology (Trusted Execution Technology). This platform is expected to be released soon after the arrival of Santa Rosa.