Sunday, April 12, 2009

Solid-State Drives and Caching

Intel® High-Performance SATA Solid-State Drives

Intel® Graphics Technology

Making the most of your visual experience

Get stunning visual results from your mobile or desktop PC with Intel® Graphics Technology, including the full Microsoft Windows Vista* experience¹, beautiful video playback, and excellent mainstream gaming performance.

Intel Graphics Technology is built right onto your PC's motherboard, so you get excellent speed and functionality at low cost, compared to typical add-in graphics cards.

You want rich, vibrant color. You want smooth, crisp images. You want to play high-definition content at full resolution. You want cool realism when you play games on Microsoft Windows Vista.

Thanks to Intel Graphics Technology, that's not a problem. Whether you're shopping for a new notebook, a desktop PC, or a motherboard for a build-it-yourself system, make sure your PC integrates Intel Graphics Technology.

Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology

With new laptop PCs based on Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology for the home, or Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology for business, you'll experience a new breakthrough in mobile performance, enabled longer battery life, the future of wireless now with 802.11n standard, and more, right at your fingertips.‡ Delivering performance gains of up to 50%¹ enabled by a minimum 3MB Smart Cache and 1066MHz Front Side Bus, these laptops are equipped to handle everything from robust business to masterful multimedia and everything in between. And with Intel Centrino 2 processor technology, you'll make quick work of the toughest computing tasks like HD video encoding—up to 90% faster², so you can accomplish more without the wait.

Intel® Centrino® 2 processor
technology

Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology

Push the limits of mobile computing with Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology, enabling blazing performance, amazing battery life, and up to 2X greater range and up to 5X better wireless performance³, you can count on to deliver intensive hi-def multimedia, games, and more.

Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology

Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology

Experience Intel's best technology for business: Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology. These notebooks deliver outstanding dual-core performance, enhanced maintenance and management capabilities, and proactive security in an open LAN—even outside of the corporate firewall.4

Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset

The Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset delivers Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium support with the highest level of Microsoft Windows Aero* experience.1 It delivers outstanding system performance through high-bandwidth interfaces such as dual-channel DDR3 and DDR2 memory support, 1066 MHz system bus, PCI Express* x16 graphics port and PCI Express x1 I/O ports, Serial ATA, and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connectivity. Use of the Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset includes support for Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) 4.0, the next generation of remote client network management for business. Use of the Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset also includes support for dual graphics with ATI CrossfireX*, for extreme gaming.

Mobile Intel® GS45 Express Chipset

The mobile Intel® GS45 Express Chipset , featuring the mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, delivers

  • Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium support with the highest level of Windows Aero* experience
  • Blu-ray* logo capable HD video playback, with native support for Blu-ray* drives
  • Great 3D graphics performance
  • Intel® Clear Video Technology for excellent video quality

The mobile Intel® GS45 Express chipset features hardware based decoding for Blu-ray content, dual-channel DDR3 and DDR2 memory support, up to 1066 MHz system bus, PCI Express* x16 graphics ports and PCI Express x1 I/O ports, Serial ATA, and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connectivity.

Intel® Centrino® technology

Intel® Core™2 Extreme mobile processor

Intel® Core™2 Extreme mobile processor

Experience the world's highest performing mobile processor¹. Enjoy revolutionary levels of performance enabling vivid, high-definition experiences and multi-tasking responsiveness from state-of-the-art Intel dual-core technologies.

Intel® Core™2 Quad processor

Intel® Core™2 Quad mobile processor

Intel® Core™2 Quad processors for laptop PCs, enabled by powerful multi-core technology, are designed to handle massive compute and visualization workloads.

Intel® Core™2 Duo processor

Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor

Based on Intel's revolutionary Intel® Core™ microarchitecture. Experience new levels of system responsiveness when running multiple applications and smarter battery performance designed to help extend mobility.

Intel® Core™2 Solo processor

Intel® Core™2 Solo mobile processor

The Intel Core 2 Solo processor is the next generation single-core mobile processor that provides freedom and flexibility to live, work, and play on-the-go.

All Intel® Core™2 Extreme processors feature:

Get detailed specifications

  • Mobile product comparison chart
    Compare Intel® Core™2 Extreme processors to other Intel® mobile processors, view features and detailed specifications and see chipset compatibility.

Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT), Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT), and Intel® 64 architecture require a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, enabling software and/or operating system, device drivers and applications designed for these features. Performance will vary depending on your configuration. Contact your vendor for more information.

Enabling Execute Disable Bit functionality requires a PC with a processor with Execute Disable Bit capability and a supporting operating system. Check with your PC manufacturer on whether your system delivers Execute Disable Bit functionality.

Intel® Core™2 Extreme dual-core mobile processor (X9100)

Designed for gamers and power-users, the Intel Core 2 Extreme dual-core mobile processor the is world's highest performing dual-core processor&sup2. For those who want an intense, high-performance mobile computing experience, the Intel Core 2 Extreme dual-core mobile processor delivers revolutionary mobile dual-core performance with 3.06GHz frequency, 6MB of shared L2 Advanced Smart Cache, and Intel® Smart Memory Access with a blazing 1066MHz Front Side Bus (FSB).

Experience excellent mobile gaming and multimedia with the raw power, responsiveness and realism of revolutionary mobile dual-core performance. The Intel Core 2 Extreme dual-core mobile processor brings a whole new intensity to mobile gaming.

And just like its quad-core big brother, the Intel Core 2 Extreme dual-core mobile processor also offers the ultimate control to with bus ratio locks (overspeed protection) removed, so you can fine tune your notebook experience for maximum gaming performance.°

Intel® Core™2 Extreme quad-core mobile processor (QX9300)

Features and benefits

Intel® Core™2 Extreme quad-core mobile processor (QX9300)

Achieving clock speeds of up to 2.53GHz, along with an astounding 12 MB of shared L2 cache and a 1066 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB), the Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core mobile processor is your ultimate engine for hi-def multimedia while powering the latest generation of hardcore games.

The Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core mobile processor has four cores processing multiple threads and multiple tasks at blistering speeds for an incredible "like you're there" experience in advanced artificial intelligence (AI), particle systems, dynamic physics, and texture generation. As your ultimate engine for creating rich, HD videos with up to 50 percent faster performance when encoding³ and editingΩ video, these processors enable you to perform like a multiple armed monster.

Extreme press

"Intel is once again poised to bring to the world the fastest X86 processor on the planet"
—Hot Hardware 11/19/07

Game downloads

Game downloads

Download the latest and hottest games like Crysis* optimized for Intel® processor technology.

And because you're looking for ultimate control in game, the Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core mobile processor bus ratio locks (overspeed protection) have been removed, so you can fine tune your notebook experience for maximum gaming performance.°

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Mobile Processor

Intel® Core™2 Extreme

Designed from the ground up for extreme competitive gaming and HD multimedia on the fly, the Intel® Core™2 Extreme processors are the world's highest performing quad-core¹ and dual-core² mobile processors. Delivering all the performance of a desktop, enabled in a revolutionary, sleek, and killer notebook.

As your ultimate engine for hi-def digital content creation, HD multimedia, and a rockin' hardcore gaming experience, these notebooks provide the raw power, responsiveness, and realism you need for the most compute-intensive and multi-threaded apps-wherever you want to be.