Centrino

Components of the Centrino platform. From right, clockwise: Intel PRO/Wireless wireless network adapter, Intel mobile processor, Intel mobile southbridge chipset, and Intel mobile northbridge chipset.

Centrino was a brand name of Intel Corporation which represented its Wi-Fi and WiMAX wireless computer networking adapters. The brand name was first used by the company as a platform-marketing initiative. The change of the meaning of the brand name occurred on January 7, 2010.[1]: 1  The Centrino name for laptops was replaced by the Ultrabook.

The old platform-marketing brand name covered a particular combination of mainboard chipset, mobile CPU and wireless network interface in the design of a laptop. Intel claimed that systems equipped with these technologies delivered better performance, longer battery life and broader wireless network interoperability than non-Centrino systems.

The product line name for Intel wireless products became Intel Centrino Wireless in 2010.[2] The Centrino brand was ultimately discontinued in 2013.

  1. ^ "Second-Generation Intel® Centrino TM Mobile Technology" (PDF). Intel Technology Journal. 9 (1). February 17, 2005. doi:10.1535/itj.0901. ISSN 1535-864X.
  2. ^ Connect with Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology