RSSIntel Ships Mobile Core 2 Duo Chips
By Ed Oswald | Published August 28, 2006, 2:30 PM
Intel said it had begun shipping its Core 2 Duo mobile chips on Monday, clearing the way for the faster and more powerful processor to begin making its way into laptop computers in time for the holiday season.
The company announced that nearly 200 laptop models worldwide would incorporate the new chip -- code-named "Merom" -- into their designs. The processor is a mobile version of the "Conroe" desktop based Core 2 Duo.
A barrage of computer makers announced new Core 2 Duo laptops in conjunction with Monday's news from Intel. Samsung, Alienware, Dell, HP and Sotec were among those companies rolling out new models.
Apple is expected to replace the current Core Duo chip in its MacBook Pro portables with the Merom before the end of the year. The Core 2 Duo is socket-compatible with the original Core Duo, meaning manufacturing can simply swap the processors.
"In just one year we've taken extraordinary leaps in mobile and desktop computing with the launch of the Intel Core 2 Duo processor," Intel mobility senior vice president David Perlmutter said. "For laptops the new processor has doubled the performance, giving consumers and businesses an immersive mobile experience while keeping power consumption and battery life unchanged."
The Santa Clara, Calif. chipmaker says the dual-core chips are more powerful than their predecessors, yet consume less power and run at a lower operating temperature. These enhancements allow for smaller and thinner notebook designs as a less complex cooling system is required to keep the systems from running too hot.
Pricing for the Core 2 Duo Merom chips range from $209 to $637 USD in 1,000 unit quantities, Intel said.
With the price behind the Core 2 Duos, and the Core 2 Extremes, I'm going to stick with my Opterons for now, and wait for the Quad-Core Opterons that will come out in a little bit. The new intel chips are just to expensive, and when compared to the price of the Opterons, it just doesn't make sence to get them.. short of going with a mobile chip.. in which case, then the Intel chips take it.
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hey man, it is about mobile CPUs you know?
P.S. its great they are out, finaly 64bit on Intel mobile platform... Vista 64 bit is going to be soooo much better than 32 bit :) ok joking, but there are some security enhancement in 64bit Vista that won't be present in its 32 bit sibling...
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Ok according to my research the centrino is the blanket name and they both use the Core Duo. With that said, I know the Core 2 Duo is 64-bit. Is the Core Duo 64-bit as well??
(betanews won't let me edit my previous comment)
EDIT: Damnit just found that too - they're not. Ok sorry folks for the 2 messages. Flame on losers!
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Why? Anything we could have said is plainly obvious to anyone reading your posts. :)
/jerk
Sorry, man...couldn't resist.
Oh, and as a long-time AMD fanboy, let me be the first to tell you:
yeah, you're right. They look great. Can't wait to get one. :D
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I have a question, is the Centrino Duo the same as the Core Duo in the Apple line? Or were these separate chips (I belive the Core Duo is 64-bit is it not?)
These Core 2 Duo's sound amazing. I can't wait to get one.
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