Centrino2(Montevina) has been launched in Hongkong yesterday and will be launched on July 15th in Taiwan. According to Intel, Centrino will take a 30-40% penetration rate by theend of Q3, and 50-60% bytheendof this year.

Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board(NPC), who provides the PCB, has geared up to its full capacity.And Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) are all ramping up their shipments.

Besides, since centrino will have at least 2GB memory, DRAM maker are expecting the new platform to help ease the oversupply pressure in the market.

Centrino will focus on mid-end and high-end markets, while Atom covers low-end market.

Centrino2 technology and their makers:

source: digitimes