Core 2 Duo will be released globally on July 28

After months of "back and forth", Intel finally came up with the official pricing and release time of new generation processor-based products.

Previously codenamed Conroe (laptop chip) and Merom (desktop), these Intel Core 2 Duo processors are based on the new Intel Core microarchitecture. announced. Among them, the "2" is used to mark the emergence of a new generation of technology in its product line and the "Duo" tail represents the product designed with 2 cores.

The Core 2 Duo chip will be cheap.Photo: Intel

At the same time, Intel announced the brand of Intel Core 2 Extreme processor with the highest performance for technology enthusiasts and gamers. These devices are developed on Intel's advanced 65 nm manufacturing and design technology, narrowing the circuits and transistors inside the microprocessor, making the product highly efficient and at the same time. Low power consumption compared to current chips.

" Thanks to this unified micro-architecture platform for laptops and desktops, developers will be much easier to design once-optimized software for a wide range of needs. different computing needs, 'commented Eric Kim, senior vice president and marketing director of Intel Group.

The Core 2 Duo (2 core) dual-core processor will have the largest cache (or integrated memory) in the microprocessor industry called Intel Advance Smart Cache, which helps the system handle faster than memory intensive applications. This product also supports advanced features such as enhanced security, virtualization and manageability.

Performance illustration of Core 2 Duo.Photo: Intel

Intel is also expressing its desire to dominate the technology market with its new devices by releasing Core 2 Duo at a cheaper price than products being consumed. Specifically, the 2.67 GHz E6700 chip will be sold at $ 530 (cheaper than the $ 696 AMD offered for Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz). Intel's most expensive processor in this series is of course Core 2 Extreme, 999 USD.

At a lower level, the 2.4 GHz E6600 product will come to customers with a payment of $ 316, while the remaining two products, the E6400 2.13 GHz and the E6300, are 1.86 GHz listed respectively. 224 and 183 USD. Both E6600 and E6700 contain 4 MB of cache, while the remaining 2 brands only have 2 MB.

With the significant progress of Core 2 Duo, many people put a big question to the fate of devices that are gradually becoming the past like Pentium D. Intel also answered this question by offering a new price list. lower for my old chips.

Accordingly, the Pentium D 960 3.6 GHz will cost $ 316, the 950 product is 3.4 GHz to just $ 224. The handling equipment of 945 3,4 GHz and 915 2.8 GHz is respectively present on the selling price of 163 and 133 USD. On the other hand, the lowest two items, 820 2.8 GHz and 805 2.66 GHz will drop to 113 and 93 USD.

Nguyen Ha