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ASUS manufactures Intel-Lamborghini notebook
Darius Chang | Jan 19, 2006
Since the announcement of the Intel-Lamborghini notebook collaboration last year, there have been speculations over how a chip maker and automobile manufacturer would design and market their mobile computer. It turns out that ASUS has been chosen as their front man in this enterprise.
The Lamborghini VX1 is available in yellow or black. Polished to a mirror shine, the design of the cover and position of the logo bear striking resemblance to the hood of a car. Though the specifications have not been issued, we are quite sure this notebook will be using the latest Core Duo technology recently launched by Intel. The size of the keyboard suggests the LCD display hovers around 15 inches. Stay tuned for more information. 
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Intel processor double whammy
Darius Chang | Jan 11, 2006
In a keynote speech today by CEO Paul Otellini at CES in Las Vegas, Intel officially unveiled its new Centrino Duo Mobile Technology. The centerpiece of the Duo Mobile chipset, previously code-named Napa, is Intel's Core Duo chip, which places two mobile processing cores on one chip. Two other components, Intel's Mobile 945 chipset and Pro/Wireless 3945a/b/g chip, are also part of the new chipset. A single-core version of the new technology is called Core Solo. In addition to powering the next generation of laptops, Duo will be at the center of Intel's new Viiv platform, which will seek to firmly place PCs at the center of home entertainment.
According to an Intel executive who briefed CNET in December 2005, the Core Duo chip is expected to deliver a 68 percent performance gain over Intel's current Sonoma single-core processors and reduce battery consumption by 28 percent. Such a gain would help to bridge the considerable performance gap between mobile and desktop PCs.
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The end of the Pentium M era
Darius Chang | Jan 04, 2006
The first Intel processor made specifically for the needs of the mobile platform, the Pentium M chip heralded the age of the Centrino platform. However, the next generation of notebook processors will be stepping away from this ancestry with brand new monikers.
Since the launch of the Centrino platform in 2003, Pentium M processors have become a ubiquitous chip in all Intel-based notebooks. Created specifically to meet the demands of mobile computing, these chips have become synonymous with low power usage at minimal performance sacrifices.
The next generation of the Centrino platform, codenamed Napa, will be hosting the Yonah chip. The new processor will no longer bear the Pentium M branding. Instead, as part of a corporate-wide rebranding effort, the Yonah chip will have two distinct designations. The single-core series will be denoted with the Solo Inside logo, while the dual-core versions will be recognized by the Duo Inside sticker.
Unlike its predecessors, which were differentiated mainly by processor clock cycles and front side bus speed, the latest processor lineup will have a multitude of variants to cater to different market segments. From integrated antivirus to execution instruction sets, you may eventually acquire the equivalent of a tertiary education in computer science while learning to decipher which chip is suitable for the task in hand. 
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