Intel is going to update its Santa Rosa notebook PC platform with the new “Santa Rosa Refresh”. As announced during Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2007 event in San Fransisco, this platform adopts “Penryn”, a mobile processor with 45nm technology and enhanced graphics capabilities. According to the press release, the usage of Penryn will highly improve both perfomance and battery life features, as well as graphics. Many advanced graphics technologies will be unlocked and developers can take advantage of it via DirectX 10 engine. Moreover, Santa Rosa Refresh will feature Intel Mobile 965 Express chipset family, Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N network connection, Intel 82566MM and 82566MC Gigabit Network Connection, and optional Intel Turbo memory.

Along with Santa Rosa Refresh, Intel also showcased another new notebook platform which is called “Montevina”. Scheduled to be released in the middle of 2008, this one sports Penryn Mobile Processor, integrated HD-DVD/Blu-Ray support, optional WiMAX wireless technology, enhanced data manageability, and improved security features. According to Intel, Montevina is about 40% smaller in components than those in current Santa Rosa platform, thus smaller and lighter Centrino-based laptops can be expected once Montevina released.