Core 2 Duo

CORE 2 DUO LAUNCHES

Ever since the release of Core 2 Duo CPU by Intel, made by Intel, many are having the thought of upgrading or buying the latest computer with the latest and by means, the fastest CPU and yet the lowest power consuming ones (for the desktop) ever released since like Pentium M!!!
Codenames for the different Core 2 Duo CPU's are Woodcrest (Server), Conroe (Desktop) & Merom (Laptop).

Having been officially launched on 27th July, it has dethroned the CPU performance king AMD off its podium place, which was held for 2 years!! (Source)

Core 2 Duo (Conroe) for desktop and Core 2 Duo (Merom) for laptops.
CPU's released are Conroe Extreme Edition running at 1066MHz FSB, X6800 (2.93GHz), Conroe (Desktop) also running at 1066MHz FSB, E6700 (2.67GHz), E6600 (2.4GHz), E6400 (2.13GHz) & E6300 (1.86GHz), Conroe (Laptop) running at 667MHz FSB, T7600, T7400, T7200, T5600, and T5500 (Source)

The letter infront of the number (e.g E6700 or T7600) denotes the typical power consumption of the CPU. E typical range is more than 50W (the Conroe CPU's are rated at 65W) whilst the T typical range is between 25W to 49W.

Prices for the Conroe based release (arranged from Extreme Edition top to slowest Conroe CPU available) are 999, 530, 316, 224 & 183. Prices are in US Dollars.

Core 2 Duo general specifications can be found in detail right here
Summary of features:
- 14 stage short and efficient pipeline
- ability to execute simultaneously 4 instructions in its very short and efficient pipeline (Wide Dynamic Execution)
- Macro-Fusion capability, ability to combine 2 instructions into 1, thus being able to execute 2 instructions at a time
- Digital Media Boost, able to execute a 128bit instruction in 1 cycle (as opposed to previous generations had to 'break' it into 2x 64bit instructions executed over 2 cycles) therefore doubling the speed of execution
- Very low power usage even at high loads

So do you want to get a Core 2 Duo based computer now? I'll be, when the time is right to upgrade my current Pentium 4 520 rig, which is still serving me well :)
And no way I am affiliated to any of these sites.. I'm just an avid computer user with keen interest in these new technologies, computer and electrical. :)

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