Intel’s May 9th
launch of its long awaited Santa Rosa laptop chipset has resulted in a sizeable increase in laptop
shipments, as reported by two of the world's largest contract laptop PC
manufacturers, Compal Electronics Inc. and Quanta Computer Inc.
The new platform is offered as an upgrade to
its fourth-gen Centrino wireless chip package under the Intel marketing names,
Centrino Duo and Centrino Pro.
Compal reported
that it shipped 1.77 million laptops in June, up from 1.65 million in May and
1.70 million in April, while leading laptop manufacturer Quanta reported laptop
shipments of 2.8 million in June,
compared to 2.4 million in May and 2.2 million in April.
Intel also has reported that it expects an
excess of 230 new laptop and desktop PCs to be built around the new Intel
Centrino chipset this year.
Compal and Quanta confims
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