Source:
DailyTech
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Intel's
Santa Rosa platform is shaping up to be quite a technology tour de force. We already know that
Santa Rosa will feature
Robson technology which incorporates flash memory into the motherboard to increase application performance and decrease boot/resume times.
Santa Rosa will also feature a new network chip called
Kedron.
Kedron will have full support for the
802.11n standard (backwards compatible with 802.11a/b/g) which should be fully ratified in time for
Santa Rosa's launch. Intel is also making its 82566MM GbE controller optional with Santa Rosa. While most low-cost manufacturers will probably forgo the GbE controller to save on costs, expect the lion's share to spring for it. On the graphics side of things, we'll see
GMA X3000 and GMA 3000 which will offer faster clock speeds, Pixel Shader 3 and Vertex Shader 3.0 support, a hardware T&L engine and full support for Vista Aero Glass.
But that's just the start.
Santa Rosa will also have the option of wireless wide-area networking (WWAN) with its
Windigo wireless chip.
