News Intel Pushes Back 'Centrino 2' into 2005

Chipzilla is just glitch city at the moment. Son of Centrino is the latest victim. This from eWeek:

Intel Corp. has pushed back the release of its next-generation Centrino mobile platform, aka "Sonoma," according to sources close to the company. The chip set was originally slated for shipment in the second half of the year, and most industry watchers expected its release earlier than later.

The issue concerns the "Alviso" chip set, part of the Sonoma platform, which comprises the currently-shipping Pentium M processor, code-name Dothan; the Alviso chip set; and its latest wireless module. Sources said Intel will book the Alviso for revenue this year, and push the bulk of its shipments until early 2005. Intel will also launch the platform in early 2005.

Intel began contacting its customers on Friday about the glitch, whose nature was not described. The "silicon did not meet Intel's standards for quality," one source said.

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