RSSIntel Names New Desktop, Laptop Chips
By the Betanews Staff | Published May 8, 2006, 12:07 PM
Intel on Sunday gave a brand name to its new processors for desktop and notebook computers: Core 2 Duo. The dual-core chips were originally known by the code-names Conroe and Merom, and succeed Intel's original Core chips released earlier this year.
Although very similar, the Merom processor for notebooks consumes less energy and will use 5000 or 7000 series model numbers while the desktop Conroe chip is labeled 4000 or 6000. Intel will also issue a "Core 2 Extreme" processor for high-performance systems. No pricing or availability details have been announced thus far.
I agreed with asshay :p
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|I recently got a new Sony laptop with a Core Duo processor, and since it runs at the same 1.8 GHz clock speed as my other Dell with a Centrino, I decided to do some performance testing. From the results, it looks like the way programs are written will make a huge difference between whether or not we see a performance gain out of the new Duo line:
http://geekswithblogs.ne...e/2006/05/08/77566.aspx
-Lorin Thwaits
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|A Stupid product name for a stupid company producing stupid outdated processors!
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|That is one stupid-a** name... How much is Intel paying for the person who thought of that name? He should've been fired for that! What will be the next one? Meowtwo???
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|Core 2 Duo? How original!
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|I think that there will be a new kind of studies "how to recognise which item performs better". It is like graphic cards: is Radeon 9200SE faster than Radeon 8500 or not? I bet that even shopsellers will have problems with identifying which Intel CPU chip is faster and which is slower.
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|Wow, there is some real news, I had been losing sleep waiting for this...
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|still like to see a price on these suckers with their 4MB L2 smart cache
i saw quotes of around $350 for a 2.?ghz 4mb cache, but i can't believe it. too cheap!
anybody got any ballpark figures?
i'm think'n $1000 - $1500
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|I'll tell you what. If they come out at $350 I will sell you one at $1,000 just so you feel better!
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|wouldn't buy one
:-p
it's intel
they're evil
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