Intel launches Dothan chips

BANGALORE: World's leading chipmaker Intel today announced the availability of three new mobile processors in its Centrino range for laptops. Code named Dothan, the Intel Pentium M processors 735, 745 and 755 are the first mobile processors built on cutting edge 90 nanometer technology. These are clocked at 1.7 GHz, 1.8 GHz and 2 GHz respectively. The company claims that the new processors will enhance wireless users to work, play and communicate better.

Jayant Murthy, the Director (Marketing) for Intel South Asia elaborated on the features of the new Dolthan processors, which include improvements in manufacturing, use of strained silicon wafers for better performance, doubling the number of transistors while keeping the power consumption the same, power efficient cache memory and architectural enhancements.

He said that Intel was encouraged by the increase in number of laptop users, wireless hotspots and access points in India and hopes that it could take the unwired lifestyle beyond enterprise users to home users and SMEs.

The new processors come a year after Intel introduced its Centrino processors, which featured power efficient performance with wireless capabilities.

Laptop manufacturers like IBM, Acer, Toshiba and Dell have introduced thinner and lighter notebooks incorporated with the new Centrino M processors. The Dothan processors enable the use of many wireless applications such as watching live video, CNBC's Wireless Traveller and on air entertainment.

Amar Babu, Director, Sales and Marketing for Intel, South Asia admitted that there were challenges with wireless technology in India such as the lack of wireless penetration, high price of laptops and preference of desktops over laptops. But he was confident that the cost differential was narrowing which could lead to a shift to laptops.

The launch of the next generation Centrino chipset "Sonoma" figures on the company's road map later this year. He said that Intel would work on accelerating the building of an ecosystem of wireless hot spots and would be working with telecom service providers and wireless providers in this regard.

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