Intel to launch Santa Rosa platform next month

Intel to launch Santa Rosa platform next month

Microprocessor Company Intel is due to launch their next generation mobile platform codenamed Santa Rosa sometime next month.

And the company has added that they are already planning for the future versions which would include an updated “Santa Rosa refresh”.

Intel is also likely to add to this platform a quad-core mobile processor set for release next year. The updated edition of Santa Rosa is likely to be powered by their mobile Penryn processor.

They are scheduled to launch their first of the Penryn chips later this year. The updated edition would be launched sometime next year.

Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of Intel’s mobile platform group spoke on their plans for this market: “We will be able to take Penryn, the 45-nanometer [chip], and plug it into exactly the same platform to enable a fast ramp.”

Eden described their upcoming Santa Rosa platform as “Core 2 Duo on steroids”. He spoke about other features: “We’ve opened the design in such a way that you can overclock, but it’s your responsibility to take care of cooling on your own.”