The next Gen of Computers- Duo Core

Intel has been manufacturing prococessors for a long time and their recent technology is named Duo Core. This has surely revolutionized the whole computer thing, computers are faster, graphics great and sound terrific! So why not have a look at it then,

Intel Duo Core
(2.4GHz, 4MB, 1066MHz FSB, LGA 775 - MPN: BX80557E6600)
Price Range: $300.56 - $410.00 from 41 Sellers



With an Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processor, you'll experience revolutionary performance, unbelievable system responsiveness, and energy-efficiency built in up to 40% faster and over 40% more energy efficient.Discover the world's best processor
The Intel® Core™ Duo processor breaks new ground. Its dual-core technology rewrites the rules of computing, delivering optimized power efficient computing and breakthrough dual-core performance with amazingly low power consumption. Intel Core Duo processor is available in Intel's premium laptop platform, Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology+. It can also be found in select Intel® Viiv™ technology-based systems.

Features and benefits
Outstanding dual-core performance With its two execution cores, the Intel Core Duo processor is optimized for multi-threaded applications and multitasking. You can simultaneously run multiple demanding applications such as graphics-intensive games or serious number-crunching programs - while downloading music or running virus-scanning security programs in the background.


Power efficiency
Demand for greater power efficiency in computing is on the rise from desktop to laptop PCs. With an Intel Core Duo processor, you get a balance of great dual-core computing capabilities and power savings. Its enhanced voltage efficiency supports cooler and quieter system designs as compared to traditional desktop and laptop PCs. And thanks to the innovative energy efficient technologies built-in, the Intel® Core™ Duo processor is able to transfer power only to those areas of the processor that need it, thereby enabling laptops to save power and desktops to have thinner, sleeker designs.

A vibrant media experience
The Intel Core Duo processor enables your Intel Viiv technology and Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology multimedia experience to be all the more vibrant. Featuring Intel® Digital Media Boost, the Intel® Core™ Duo processor enables accelerating technologies for applications such as CAD tools, 3D and 2D modeling, video editing, digital music, digital photography and gaming. This is one of the key ingredients that help Intel Viiv technology and Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology to give you a truly rich multimedia experience.


Smarter, more efficient designs
The Intel Core Duo processor features Intel® Smart Cache which helps deliver a smarter and more efficient cache and bus design to enable enhanced dual-core performance, and power savings.

An essential ingredient in Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology
The Intel® Core™ Duo processor is Intel's first mobile dual-core processor and a key component of the new Intel
Centrino Duo mobile technology platform.

Intel duo Core (Yonah)
At the end of November, we finally did what we had been waiting to do for so long - provide the first performance benchmarks of Intel's Yonah processor, the dual core successor to the highly acclaimed Pentium M. However, our initial performance investigation was not without its flaws. Given the short amount of time that we had for benchmarking, we were forced to compare to older numbers from previous reviews, which unfortunately lacked updated gaming, encoding and 3D rendering tests.
Despite the shortcomings of the initial article, we did manage to get a good look at the performance that we could expect from Yonah. Mainly, it was a fairly strong successor to the single core Pentium M and even more impressive was that it offered performance equal to that of AMD's Athlon 64 X2 without an on-die memory controller. Many AnandTech readers kept our methods in check, however, by quickly pointing out that the Yonah vs. Athlon 64 X2 comparison wasn't exactly fair, as Yonah is equipped with a full 2MB of L2 cache, whereas the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ that we were comparing it against only had 512KB per processor, possibly painting Yonah in a better light.
So for this follow-up, we've done two important things. For starters, we've updated the benchmark suite considerably, including modern day games and a few professional-level applications hopefully to get a better perspective on Yonah's performance. We've also included an Athlon 64 X2 running at 2.0GHz, but with each core having a full 1MB L2 cache, making the Yonah vs. X2 comparison as close to even as possible (not mentioning the fact that AMD has twice the advantage in this round, with both a larger L1 cache and an on-die memory controller, but it should make things interesting).
Yonah is the most efficient dual core processor that we've tested to date. Granted that it does have the advantage of being on Intel's 65nm process whereas the Athlon 64 X2 is still based on AMD's 90nm process, but given that AMD is around a year away from transitioning to 65nm, it is an advantage that Intel has the right to enjoy.

Intel Dual Core Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo & Intel Core 2 Extreme
Core 2 Duo - Intel is finally releasing its new family of Dual Core Processors. Intel new chips for desktops, Intel Core 2 Duo, will be the first Dual Core processor with Intels new Core micro-architecture. Intel Core2Duo will replace the age old Pentium Processors. Intel is also releasing a new Dual Core Processor for gamers and high end users - Intel Core 2 Extreme. Both Dual Core Chips, Intel Core 2 Duo & Intel Core 2 Extreme offer better performance and use less power. Intel's New Dual Core Micro-architecture is the first change since the Pentium 4 was released. Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Core 2 Extreme are to ship at the end of July. More Core2Duo models will ship later on.


Intel’s New Mobile Low Power CPU’s Core 2 Duo L7400 & L7200
Intel continues with its quite release of New Core 2 Duo CPU’s. This week Intel quietly released the Core 2 Duo mobile CPU’s - the Core 2 Duo L7400 and the Core2Duo L7200. Both CPU’s offer ultra low voltage which will increase battery time and performance compared to the older models.
The desktop Core 2 Duo CPU’s run on 34 W of power (i.e. TDP), which were a vast improvement over the old Netburst / Pentium 4 power hungry processors. The new mobile Core 2 Duo processor will run on only 17 W of power. This will allow the mobile users to equip themselves with faster processors without comprising their battery time.
The Mobile Low Voltage Core 2 Duo Processors comes in two speeds. The Core 2 Duo L7400 runs at 1.5 GHz and the Core2Duo L7200 runs at 1.33 GHz. Both feature 4 MB of cache and a 667 MHz FSB.

Intel’s New Cheaper CPU - Core 2 Duo E4300 – New Allendale Core Micro-Architecture
The CES has proved to be more exciting than usual and as expected, Steve Jobs stole the show with his iPhone keynote speech. Intel on the other hand has started to release it Quad Core Processors.
Along with the new powerful quad core processors, Intel is also trying to get the Core 2 CPU's in to the low end CPU market (where until now Intel has been very successful with the Celron CPUs). Hence the E400 series and the new micro architecture - Allendale.
The Allendale micro architecture is based on the Conroe micro architecture found in all the Core 2 Duo processors. It differs in that the Conroe processors have been designed with 4MB of cache. Intel has disconnected 2 MB of cache on the cheaper processors the E6300 and E6400, but the physical cache is still there. On the E4000 series and the Allendale micro-architecture there is only 2 MB of cache to begin with. This saved Intel a couple of million transistors, thus reducing the cost of production which means that we get cheaper processors.
The E4300 is priced at $163 and Intel plans to make the CPU even more affordable in Q2 by reducing the price to $113.
So what are we getting for our money?

The Year of Dual Core Processors - Core Duo & Core 2 Duo
Well the year 2006 is coming to an end, and what a year it has been. The year of Dual Core Processors.
While most experts thought that the next revolution in the hardware world would be the switch to 64 bit processing, it seems that 64 bit processing is has gone nowhere.

Intel Quietly Updates the Core 2 Duo - New T7600G & Revisions
Intel is seems, has chosen the quite path to continue its ongoing battle with AMD.
Intel is continuing to update its Core 2 Duo Processor family. The latest release has been done some what quietly as Intel just released an Overclockable Core2duo processor the T7600G. The 'G' is there to indicate that the Processor is overclockable or as Intel put it...

Intel Core 2 Duo Revamp - Delayed!
As was widely known, Intel was planning to refresh it Core 2 Duo processor line in Q2 of 2007. New reports coming from Asia, indicate that the Core2Duo revamp has been pushed off to Q3 of 2007.
Intel was planning to release more Core 2 Duo CPU's with higher speeds and 4MB L2 cache with higher FSB speeds.
Here are some details:


Desktop Core2Duo:

Notebook/Laptop Core2Duo:

Note: The voltage is 1.0375 – 1.3 V for all of the Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors.