Intel Crestline chipset will run DirectX 10. intel crestline graphics. We hear that the Crestline chipset, core of Santa Rosa, will be DirectX 10 compatible.. We hear that the Crestline chipset, core of Santa Rosa, will be DirectX 10 compatible. Industry sources told TG Daily that the GM965 Crestline chipset will be able to run DirectX 10 applications....

Scheduled for launch in Q2 of next year, Santa Rosa will include the main chipset "Crestline" and the Wi-Fi link "Kedron," Intel's first 802.11n capable network chip.. Scheduled for launch in Q2 of next year, Santa Rosa will include the main chipset "Crestline" and the Wi-Fi link "Kedron," Intel’s first 802.11n capable network chip. Intel will integrate the new version in a wide variety of Santa Rosa-based notebooks, which will include Core 2 Duo T7100, T7300, T7500 and T7700 processors as well as the Crestline chipset that will be introduced as "Mobile 965 GM" (including graphics) and "Mobile 965 PM". According to sources, Intel plans to aim the 965/4965 combination first at professional business platforms, mobile works......

However, we believe Crestine actually will be "Crestline" to stay in line with Intel’s recent tradition to name its mobile chipsets after pretty areas in California. According to WinFuture.de, Crestline will be based on a 800 MHz FSB and integrate "Kedron," apparently Intel’s codename for a new WLAN controller, which supports the upcoming 802.11n Wi-FI standard and apparently integrates the ICH8-M Southbridge....

Compared to Napa and its Calistoga chipset, Santa Rosa and the Crestline chipset will not be just an evolutionary update, but bring several new features to the user. We recently reported that Crestline’s FSB speed support is likely to climb from currently 667 MHz to 800 MHz and that the chipset will include the Wi-Fi chipset "Kedron," which will support 802.11n and integrate WWAN (HSDPA/EVDO) capability in its mobile version....

The platform consists of the PM/GM 965 chipset with an enhanced ICH8 southbridge (code-named "Crestline"), the 4965 AGN Wi-Fi chipset (code-named "Kedron"), as well as Intel’s first integrated HSDPA-based, wireless broadband (WWAN) link 1965 HSD. Crestline lifts the front side bus speed from 667 to 800 MHz (while still supporting 533 MHz for lower-end processors) and supports DDR2-533 and DDR2-667 memory....

In the second quarter, the company will be rolling out its Crestline chipset for mobile computers and by that time, AMD will have a 690 part for notebooks as well. We have no word on performance yet, but we do know that Crestline and Bearlake will be supporting DirectX 10 and integrate very capable graphics engines....

Santa Rosa’s Crestline chipset will not only include support for 802.11n, but also WWAN (EVDO/HSDPA), connect to Intel’s LaGrande trusted platform module (TPM) to interact Microsoft’s Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) in Windows Vista, but also the first mobile chipset to drop PATA support in favor of two additional SATA ports....

Santa Rosa will be based on the Core 2 Duo 7000 as well as the "Crestline" chipset and the "Kedron" Wi-Fi component....

Intel Kedron Santa Rosa will succeed Intel’s Napa64 platform and bring the ICH8-based mobile 965 chipset, code-named Crestline, with support for FSB800 and the firm’s Active Management Technology (AMT)....