Note: This will be updated as frequent as I start seeing multiples questions of the same topic.
Q: What is the different between all these intel platform? Intel Pentium-M, Centrino, Sonoma, Intel Pentium 4, etc?
A: You would have to first create two separated category. One for Intel Mobile Technology Platform, the other one is for Processors. The Intel Pentium-M and Intel Pentium 4 w/HT, Intel Pentium 4, etc are Intel's processors. Centrino and Sonoma are Intel's Mobile platform. Some will call it Intel marketing strategy name. In order for a notebook to be able to utilize the "Centrino" name, it must have 3 components. Not 2 and Not 1, but all 3. It must have:
1) Intel Pentium-M processors
2) Mobile Intel 915 express chipset family or Intel 855 Chipset family
3) Intel Pro/Wireless Network Connection Family
Right now, there are these available processors for notebook:
http://www.intel.com/products/notebo...sors/index.htm
More Information On Centrino:
http://www.intel.com/products/notebo...rino/index.htm
Q: What is the differences between Centrino and Sonoma?
A: Nothing really. Centrino is Intel Mobile Technology Solution. It is also Intel marketing terms used to signify the notebook has Intel Mobile Technology. Sonoma is the actual Intel Mobile Technology code name. The original Centrino 1st generation code name was Carmel which utlized the Intel 855 Chipset. The 2nd generation code name now is Sonoma which utilized the Intel 915 Chipset code name Alviso. The next or so called 3rd generation in the Centrino family is called "Napa". This will utilize the DUAL CORE Processor technology.
With the introduction of Sonoma and the new chipset Alviso is the support for DDR2 memory and PCI-E.
More Info: http://www.a1-electronics.net/Intel_...noma_Jan.shtml
Q: What is Turion?
A: Turion is AMD Codename for their next generation of mobile processor. Similar to how Intel branded their mobile notebook "Centrino", AMD will call their thin and light notebook Turion which will operate @ 35watts or less. Which is much more efficient than their current mobile processor now which are around 62watts. One differences between Intel "Centrino" vs Turion is AMD will not require you use a specific chipset and Wifi to be label as "Turion".
More Info: http://www.c-enter.hu/center/0237984.html
Q: LCD Resolution of XGA, SXGA, WXGA, UXGA, etc. What does all these mean, my head hurts!
A: These are screen resolution that have evolved through the years. They are screen size in pixels.
More Info:
Q: If I buy a Sonoma which comes with DDR, can I upgrade to DDRII.
A: No. Plain and simple. Even though they are both 200pin memory, their voltage are different. Due to this, the manufacturer moved the pin configuration around so it won't even fit in the slot. Right now the options are:
DDR -> PC2700 -> 333Mhz
DDR -> PC3200 -> 400Mhz
Some laptop manufactures come with standard PC2700, so you could opt to upgrade to a faster DDR PC3200. At the moment, that is the fastest for DDR. Check out popular memory companies like corsair, muskin, or crucial for more details.
More Info:
Q: What is Alviso?
A: Alviso is the code name for the new Intel chipset to use in conjuction with the new Intel Pentium-M. It comes in 3 flavors.
http://www.intel.com/products/notebo...sets/index.htm
* Performance Series -> Mobile Intel® 915PM Express Chipset
* Mainstream Series -> Mobile Intel® 915GM Express Chipset
* Mainstream Series -> Mobile Intel® 915GMS Express Chipset
Mobile Intel® 915PM Express Chipset
http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/915pm/index.htm
http://intel.com/products/i/chipsets...iagram_760.gif
Mobile Intel® 915GM Express chipset
http://intel.com/products/chipsets/915GM/index.htm
http://intel.com/products/i/chipsets...iagram_760.gif[list][*] Similar To Above, however utilized Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900, rather than allowing you to use ATI or nVidia PCI
For A Full Comparison: http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets...comparison.htm
Q: If I buy a Sonoma which comes with DDR, can I upgrade to DDRII.
See above.
Edit: Add link to info on DDR vs DDR two test.
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...-rmma-1ch.html
DDR2 vs DDR. Test Results in the Single-channel Mode
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Anyone feel free to chime in and add your piece. I will update it slowly.
Q: What is the different between all these intel platform? Intel Pentium-M, Centrino, Sonoma, Intel Pentium 4, etc?
A: You would have to first create two separated category. One for Intel Mobile Technology Platform, the other one is for Processors. The Intel Pentium-M and Intel Pentium 4 w/HT, Intel Pentium 4, etc are Intel's processors. Centrino and Sonoma are Intel's Mobile platform. Some will call it Intel marketing strategy name. In order for a notebook to be able to utilize the "Centrino" name, it must have 3 components. Not 2 and Not 1, but all 3. It must have:
1) Intel Pentium-M processors
2) Mobile Intel 915 express chipset family or Intel 855 Chipset family
3) Intel Pro/Wireless Network Connection Family
Right now, there are these available processors for notebook:
http://www.intel.com/products/notebo...sors/index.htm
More Information On Centrino:
http://www.intel.com/products/notebo...rino/index.htm
Q: What is the differences between Centrino and Sonoma?
A: Nothing really. Centrino is Intel Mobile Technology Solution. It is also Intel marketing terms used to signify the notebook has Intel Mobile Technology. Sonoma is the actual Intel Mobile Technology code name. The original Centrino 1st generation code name was Carmel which utlized the Intel 855 Chipset. The 2nd generation code name now is Sonoma which utilized the Intel 915 Chipset code name Alviso. The next or so called 3rd generation in the Centrino family is called "Napa". This will utilize the DUAL CORE Processor technology.
With the introduction of Sonoma and the new chipset Alviso is the support for DDR2 memory and PCI-E.
More Info: http://www.a1-electronics.net/Intel_...noma_Jan.shtml
Q: What is Turion?
A: Turion is AMD Codename for their next generation of mobile processor. Similar to how Intel branded their mobile notebook "Centrino", AMD will call their thin and light notebook Turion which will operate @ 35watts or less. Which is much more efficient than their current mobile processor now which are around 62watts. One differences between Intel "Centrino" vs Turion is AMD will not require you use a specific chipset and Wifi to be label as "Turion".
More Info: http://www.c-enter.hu/center/0237984.html
Q: LCD Resolution of XGA, SXGA, WXGA, UXGA, etc. What does all these mean, my head hurts!
A: These are screen resolution that have evolved through the years. They are screen size in pixels.
- VGA - 640 X 480
- SVGA - 800 X 600
- XGA - 1024 X 768
- QVGA - 1280 X 960
- SXGA+ - 1400 X 1050
- UXGA - 1600 X 1200
- QXGA - 2048 X 1536
- QSXGA+ - 2800 X 2100
- QUXGA - 3200 X 2400
- WXGA - 1280 X 800
- SXGA - 1280 X 1024
- WSXGA+ - 1680 X 1050
- WUXGA - 1920 X 1200
- QSXGA - 2560 X 2048
More Info:
- http://www.projectisle.com.au/projec...resolution.asp
- http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/howmanydots/
Q: If I buy a Sonoma which comes with DDR, can I upgrade to DDRII.
A: No. Plain and simple. Even though they are both 200pin memory, their voltage are different. Due to this, the manufacturer moved the pin configuration around so it won't even fit in the slot. Right now the options are:
DDR -> PC2700 -> 333Mhz
DDR -> PC3200 -> 400Mhz
Some laptop manufactures come with standard PC2700, so you could opt to upgrade to a faster DDR PC3200. At the moment, that is the fastest for DDR. Check out popular memory companies like corsair, muskin, or crucial for more details.
More Info:
- http://www4.tomshardware.com/mobile/...alviso-04.html
- http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...-rmma-1ch.html
- http://notebookforums.com/showthread...786#post744786
Q: What is Alviso?
A: Alviso is the code name for the new Intel chipset to use in conjuction with the new Intel Pentium-M. It comes in 3 flavors.
http://www.intel.com/products/notebo...sets/index.htm
* Performance Series -> Mobile Intel® 915PM Express Chipset
* Mainstream Series -> Mobile Intel® 915GM Express Chipset
* Mainstream Series -> Mobile Intel® 915GMS Express Chipset
Mobile Intel® 915PM Express Chipset
http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/915pm/index.htm
http://intel.com/products/i/chipsets...iagram_760.gif
- Support 533 MHz Front Side Bus
- Support for dual channel DDR2 400/533 MHz memory technology
- Support Serial ATA
- Support Integrated high speed USB 2.0
- Support PCI Express Bus Architecture
Mobile Intel® 915GM Express chipset
http://intel.com/products/chipsets/915GM/index.htm
http://intel.com/products/i/chipsets...iagram_760.gif[list][*] Similar To Above, however utilized Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900, rather than allowing you to use ATI or nVidia PCI
For A Full Comparison: http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets...comparison.htm
Q: If I buy a Sonoma which comes with DDR, can I upgrade to DDRII.
See above.
Edit: Add link to info on DDR vs DDR two test.
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...-rmma-1ch.html
DDR2 vs DDR. Test Results in the Single-channel Mode
Quote:
| The results can hardly be called sensational. Maximal real bandwidth of DDR2-533 memory really matches the announced 4.3 GB/s in the single-channel mode and exceeds DDR-400 memory bandwidth in it. However, it can't be referred to its indisputable advantages at least because current Intel i915/i925 chipsets supporting DDR2 can also work perfectly in the dual-channel mode. And that makes the single-channel DDR2 absolutely unattractive compared to the same dual-channel DDR. Thus, the main previously-made conclusion holds good: the use of DDR2 will not be appropriate at least until the appearance of the first CPUs with bus frequency of 1067 MHz and higher. This will enable to overcome the restriction imposed by CPU bus speed on real bandwidth of the memory subsystem in the dual-channel mode. |
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Anyone feel free to chime in and add your piece. I will update it slowly.
Keep up the good work. 
