Intel discloses technologies to make the Internet more personal and mobile

Intel Corporation Executive Vice President Sean Maloney
outlined Intel's mobile future, announcing significant innovations in mobile
devices and broadband wireless. As consumer and business demand for Internet
applications on the go continues, Maloney for the first time disclosed details
of the next-generation Intel Centrino mobile technology-based platform, as well
as a single chip Wi-Fi/WiMAX radio and an Intel-branded mobile WiMAX PCMCIA
card. He also provided details about the next generation dual-core mobile
processor based on Intel's Core microarchitecture and Intel's
next-generation applications processor for handheld devices. These innovations
are designed help make the Internet a more personal and mobile experience for
people worldwide.

Personal Internet on the large screen

The next generation of Intel Centrino mobile technology, codenamed Santa
Rosa and detailed for the first time in Maloney's keynote, is designed to give
users better overall performance and graphics, improved wireless connectivity
and improved security and manageability. Santa Rosa is expected to include a
more powerful mobile microprocessor, an improved graphics chipset, codenamed
Crestline, an IEEE 802.11n Wi-Fi adapter, codenamed Kedron, as well as
Intel-optimized advanced management and security solutions.

Personal Internet on the small screen

Intel's family of next generation application processors for handheld
devices, codenamed Monahans, is now sampling to customers. Based on the third
generation of Intel XScale technology, the Monahans platform family will offer a
wide range of performance, power and integration levels designed to meet the
needs of handsets, handhelds and consumer electronic devices. Maloney
highlighted technologies in Monahans, including Wireless Intel SpeedStep with
MusicMax technology, Intel Wireless MMX2 and Intel VideoMax technology, which
can enable dramatic energy-efficiency and enhanced performance in handheld
devices playing audio and video.

Personal broadband

Maloney performed the first public demonstrations of the Kedron wireless LAN
adapter and of Intel's 802.16e integrated mobile WiMAX technology. He
disclosed that Intel will deliver a mobile WiMAX PCMCIA card in the second half
of the year, enabling WiMAX in laptop PCs. Additionally, Maloney showcased the
first single-chip multi-band Wi-Fi/WiMAX radio, codenamed Ofer, which will
enable people using laptops to connect to Wi-Fi or WiMAX networks worldwide.