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Intel confirms 'desktrino' consumer platform plan.

An Intel executive has confirmed to The Register that the chip maker is planning to launch a Centrino-style platform for consumer desktop PCs and that it is due to be launched in Q3. Recent expectations from analysts put a desktop processor based on Pentium-M technology into the 2006 or 2007 timeframe. Relates stories: AMD to keep dual-core processors in current 90nm power envelope Intel"s dual-core CPUs to set new record high in power consumption


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