Tuesday, 29 August 2006

Intel Ships Core 2 Duo ships for Notebooks

Intel has begun rolling out its dual-core 64-bit processors for notebooks. The Intel Core 2 Duo, code-named Merom, is said to be about 20% faster than its socket-compatible predecessor, the Core Duo, while consuming less power and generating less heat and is the first 64-bit notebook processor to come off Intel's production line.

The other notebook manufacturers have followed suit with Dell, HP, Samsung and Alienware, among others, announcing the rollout of Core 2 Duo notebooks.

Manufacturers including Dell, Gateway and Toshiba launched more than 200 new laptop models featuring the dual core, 64-bit processor.

Intel is preparing its next mobile upgrade for early next year, when the chipmaker is planning to launch its Santa Rose chipset. The processor is the first mobile chip to use Intel's new Core micro-architecture.
"This is the closing of the circle, of Intel moving in the client space to the Core architecture," said Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of Intel's mobile platforms group.