Intel Makes Good On Whitebook Promise

Written by Adam Gosling

Tuesday, 01 May 2007

Some time last year (sorry I can't find the story on mobilised), Intel made a commitment to help build the market for non-brand notebook computers, assisting manufacturers to deliver solutions that would assist system builders to offer whitebooks to cost conscious buyers. At the time it was seen as a defensive move against AMD's stength in the market last year, particularly the in-rouads AMD appeared to be making into the mobile space, a market segment almost owned exclusively by Intel before 2005/6. Last week the first concrete outcomes (read: 'product') from that initiative was announced in the form of an Intel-branded mobile motherboard. In fact, there are two mobile motherboards, the Intel Mobile Board MGM965TW and Intel Mobile Board MGM965JB. The laptop mainboards will be available in June this year as a 15.4-inch configurable notebook barebones system through Mitac among others. These mobile motherboards, based on Intel Centrino Duo processor technology and the next-generation Intel Centrino Pro (codenamed "Santa Rosa"), support Intel's on-going initiative to simplify the development of PC notebooks for consumers and small and medium sized business segments, explains the chip maker. With Intel Core 2 Duo processors, Mobile Intel 965 Express chipsets, Next-Gen Wireless-N Network capabilities and Gigabit wired connections the new motherboards will have all state of the art technology in a simple to build solution helping smaller notebook makers deliver notebooks that you would normally only associate with premium branded product. The Intel Mobile Board MGM965TW supports dual-core processors, Intel Centrino Pro processor technology, and Intel Turbo Memory merging the energy-efficient power of the Intel Core 2 Duo processor with enhanced manageability, data protection and security capabilities, says the company. The Intel Mobile Board MGM965JB is designed to deliver stability, reliability and expandability to consumer notebook users while offering support for Intel Core 2 Duo processors technology and Intel Turbo Memory. Related news items Engin Buys Into Unwired -03/09/2007 Mobile Speakerphone From Jabra -30/08/2007 What Colour Is Your Phone -27/08/2007 Mobile Apps Worth Billions To Operators -01/08/2007 Snow Bunnies Are Bound To Be Unwired -30/07/2007 Newer news items Voda Goes In-Store At Myer -26/08/2007 Gearing Up For iPhone? -24/08/2007 Mobile Solutions Groups Consolidate -14/08/2007 Vodafone Expands Brightpoint Relationship -06/08/2007 Crazy John's To Sell People's Fixed Services -11/07/2007 Older news items BigAir Hopes To Ramp Wireless Sales -30/08/2006 BigAir Signs Broader Deal As Unwired Increases Reach -22/08/2006 Toshiba Channel Busters In Noumea -20/08/2006 Business Waiting To Be Mobilised Says IDC -09/08/2006 Telstra Snags Good Opportunity -12/07/2006 Tag This Now: