Intel's next-generation notebook product will have an integrated 3G chip from Nokia and improved graphics support for Microsoft's Windows Vista, the company announced on Wednesday in the US.
Nokia's HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology will appear on motherboards bearing Intel's Santa Rosa technology, Dadi Perlmutter, senior vice president and general manager for Intel's mobility group, said during the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
Notebook makers have been experimenting with integrated chips that can connect to mobile phone networks, and Intel now plans to make Nokia's technology part of its Centrino package of chips.
Santa Rosa is the code name for the next iteration of Centrino, which blends a processor, chipset and wireless networking technology. The company's Core 2 Duo processor, already on the market, will join a new chipset called Crestline that comes with support for Intel's Active Management Technology (AMT) and improved graphics performance.
AMT is a nod to Intel's business customers with support for PC management technologies. The company will also move its networking chips to the faster 802.11n wireless standard.
Santa Rosa is scheduled to arrive in the first half of 2007, Perlmutter said.
