Announcement:Intel's Core 2 Duo & Core 2 Extreme

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Intel has announced to bring the upcoming second generation Core processors under a new brand name called Core 2 Duo along with a high end range of desktop processors under a brand name Core 2 Extreme.....

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Intel's first generation desktop Core processor, Conroe, will carry the name Core 2 Duo, suplementing the 65nm Netburst Presler micro-architecture.The Notebook processors, earlier dubbed Merom, will also carry the Core 2 Duo name even though the processors are very different than the desktop Core 2 Duo chips.Merom and Conroe are both based on 65nm process designs with shared L2 cache and aggressive power management. Conroe and Merom will both be backwards compatible with recently manufactured desktop and mobile motherboards.

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Also the previously named Extreme Edition which are the high end desktop processors, will now be labeled as Core 2 Extreme opposed to the mainstream desktop Core 2 Duo processors.Core 2 Extreme will actually become the first Conroe processor to launch, followed immediately by Core 2 Duo E6700 -- as stated by Intel in its announcements.

Intel's Press Release:
Consumers and businesses will also be able to purchase these processors as part of Intel’s market-focused platforms -- a collection of Intel hardware and software technology innovation that is designed and tested together and tailored to specific computing needs. Intel offers wireless computing, in-home entertainment or business productivity platforms through the company’s Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology, Intel Viiv technology and Intel vPro.


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Intel is expected to publicly demonstrate Core 2 Duo at Computex 2006 in Taipei, Taiwan on June 6th, 2006.Intelis expected to start shipping Conroe in July,which will be followed shortly by Merom in August 2006.

Meanwhile,rival company AMD is expected to launch its next generation DDR2 desktop component on May 23, 2006.
 
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