Following the introduction of new MacBook Pro models yesterday, and to reply to many questions sent to us by readers, we will summarize below what are the components of Santa-Rosa platform and what was used and excluded by Apple.
Santa Rosa is the new evolution of the Intel Mobile Centrino Duo architecture; it started with Napa, updated to Napa Refresh to finally lead to Santa Rosa.
This new evolution features:
- Chipset i965:
This chipset allows the FSB to move from 667MHz to 800MHz, speeding up data exchange between the CPU and the other components. The DDR2 memory frequency remains set at 667MHz. It also features a new integrated graphical unit, known as GMA X3100, not used by Apple neither in the MacBook Pro nor in the recent MacBook update (still using Napa Refresh platform). Apple opted for the powerful mobile GPU the GeForce 8600M GT (see our today's news about it). The new chipset brings also support for SATAII, but this will not change anything as the SATAI is fa
