The Centrino is not a specific processor made by Intel, as many people think it is, it's a bundle of mobile (notebook PC) chipsets for video, sound, wireless networking that has advanced from using the Pentium M mobile processor (the mobile notebook computer versions of Pentium 4 processors), to using Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors.
Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology -
"With the breakthrough mobile capabilities and energy-efficiency of Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology, now available with the 64-bit capable Intel® Core™2 Duo processor, you can do more of the things you love where and when you want to do them.± Plus, you'll experience enhanced wireless connections increasing your freedom to connect around the globe.
