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    Santa Rosa!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by El-Prodigy, Aug 24, 2006.

  1. El-Prodigy

    El-Prodigy Notebook Consultant

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    Just curious, but does anybody think that Yonah would be compatible with Santa Rosa :D ,if so its better to upgrade to Santa Rosa instead of Merom ;)
     
    El-Prodigy, Aug 24, 2006
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  2. lazybum131

    lazybum131 Notebook Evangelist

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    Nope, Yonah and the first Merom's won't work, Santa Rosa platform is gonna come with a new socket. Link,
     
    lazybum131, Aug 24, 2006
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  3. qwester

    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    you cannot upgrade to santa rosa. santa rosa is not a CPU, but a platform, ie chipset (chipsets cannot be upgraded, they are part of the motherboard).

    The same merom CPUs will be used in the santa rosa platform, although the merom CPUs used at that time (1st half of '07) will have an FSB of 800MHz, at least that is what is expected for now.

    EDIT: not to contradict with the post above, when I said same Merom will be used in santa rosa, I meant cores. Yes indeed the socket will most likely change.
     
    qwester, Aug 24, 2006
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  4. El-Prodigy

    El-Prodigy Notebook Consultant

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    Oh, I thought Santa Rosa is a quad core CPU :p
     
    El-Prodigy, Aug 24, 2006
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    The current Core Duos use Socket M, and the upcoming Core 2 Duos will also.

    Next year, we'll see the next-gen Santa Rosa Centrino platform, which will bring the 965 chipset and the 'real' Meroms, which use an 800MHz FSB and Socket P.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 24, 2006
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  6. cipi

    cipi Notebook Guru

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    so,better wait for it.
    now i use a fujitsu-siemens,2.16Ghz pentium M
    i'm thinking to wait for the new generation.do you think midlle of 2007 will be out ?
     
    cipi, Aug 25, 2006
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  7. chrisyano

    chrisyano Hall Monitor NBR Reviewer

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    I think that would be a good time to start looking again, yes.
     
    chrisyano, Aug 25, 2006
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