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    Centrino 2 Technology?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Bryce917, Jul 22, 2008.

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    i was looking at the SonyStyle webpage and was a little bit confused by this. If someone could help me out that'd be great. I've attached a link to the comparison page that I was looking at.

    In the Processor row it says: Intel Core 2 Duo

    BUT, in the technology row it says: Intel Centrino 2 Technology

    http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...false&storeId=10151&catalogId=10551&langId=-1

    Can someone clear this up for me please...
     
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    Centrino 2 is the platform, also known as Montevina. ( wiki link)

    Core 2 Duo is the processor.

    The platform Centrino 2 consists of chipset, CPU (Core 2 Duo) and wireless.
     
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    So the Montevina platform didn't upgrade the cpu at all? It only increased the wireless and chipset?
     
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    Montevina still uses a Penryn CPU, but now it has lower Thermal Design Power and a higher Front Speed Bus.

    That means it's technically the same CPU but running a bit cooler and a little bit faster.

    From seeing the first benchmarks, the speed differences are very small.

    Theoretically it should mean a cooler laptop with better battery life, but we will have to wait for the reviews if this actually true.
     
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