an Intel Core 2 Duo (codenamed Merom) processor with a 667 MT/s FSB for Napa Refresh platform, or.an Intel Core Solo, Core Duo (codenamed Yonah) processor, or.
The platform initially supported Intel Core Duo processors but the newer Core 2 Duo processors were launched and supported in this platform from Jonwards.Īn Intel Mobile 945 Express series chipset (codenamed Calistoga with Intel GMA 950), including ICH7M southbridge.
The codename Napa designates the third-generation Centrino platform, introduced in January 2006 at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show. Unfortunately, the introduction of PCI Express and faster Pentium M processors causes laptops built around the Sonoma platform to have a shorter battery-life than their Carmel counterparts Sonoma laptops typically achieve between 3.5–4.6 hours of battery-life on a 53 W-h battery. The Mobile 915 Express chipset, like its desktop version, supports many new features such as DDR2, PCI Express, Intel High Definition Audio, and SATA. Īn Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 BG or 2915 ABG mini-PCI Wi-Fi adapter (both codenamed Calexico2).
In early 2004, after the finalization of the 802.11g standard, Intel permitted an Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 BG to substitute for the 2100. Intel responded that the IEEE had not finalized the 802.11g standard at the time of Carmel's announcement. Industry-watchers initially criticized the Carmel platform for its lack of support for IEEE 802.11g, because many independent Wi-Fi chip-makers like Broadcom and Atheros had already started shipping 802.11g products.