Posted on Tuesday, August 05 2008 @ 23:24 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Intel's next-generation notebook platform, codenamed Calpella, is expected to launch in Q3 2009. Calpella
will feature a Nehalem processor and a single integrated chipset codenamed Ibex Peak-M:
As with other Nehalem generation products, Capella will abandon the current northbridge and southbridge chipset arrangement and transfer many typical northbridge components to the CPU package. A single integrated chipset codenamed Ibex Peak-M will coordinate other features on the motherboard, according to sources at notebook makers.
Ibex Peak-M will support Intel's next-generation notebook CPUs (Clarksfield and Auburndale), both of which include an on-die DDR3 memory controller. Auburndale will also have a graphics core integrated in the CPU package.
The Calpella platform will support Wi-Fi a/b/g/n (Puma Peak) or WiMAX (Kilmer Peak) wireless modules.
