Intel Intel announced today that it would be releasing a refresh for its Montevina platform later this quarter, naming it the Montevina Plus.
The announcement comes a week after the company revealed its first quarter figures.
In a seminar lead by Simon Holland, technical director for sales and marketing at Intel EMEA, the company outlined its mobile technology global strategy hoping to accelerate PC growth, expand on the global market and "build new business by tackling problems." However, the main thrust seemed to focus around netbooks.
The chip used in Montevina technologies is the Core 2 Duo Processor P8600, seven times faster than its predecessor in 2005. Using this chip supports lower power, smaller packages, most importantly mobile internet devices such as netbooks.
"Thin is in," said Holland. "Your netbook can become your gateway to socialise and to gain information. These netbooks will bring supermodel looks to the masses and make them more mainstream. You can get one of these for $400, a computer that is cheaper than a top of the range smart phone."
As well as the capability to support ultra thin laptops or netbooks, the refresh will have improved battery life, include MyWifi so you can connect all their wireless devices to the one system and enhanced visual qualities like the addition of Film mode, translating 24 frames per second as one would get in a normal film to fit your computer's refresh rate.
Holland said: "What we want to do is give you the best internet experience in your pocket, that simple."
Johann Weber, Intel's EMEA marketing manager, also announced future plans to move Nehalem architecture over to mobile devices, two days after the announcement that Nehalem has shipped over one million chips.
He said: "Currently the Intel Core i7 is only available for high end products. With the introduction of new chips such as the Lynnfield and Clarksfield, we can bring that high performance down to mainstream desktops and laptops."
These new chips are expected to be released onto the market later this year.
Weber concluded: "The journey is just beginning, we have more products coming on the road map."
