The second coming of Intel's Core Duo

Coming soon to a PC store near you: Core Duo, the sequel.
By Tom Krazit
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: May 7, 2006, 12:00 PM PDT

Intel has decided to borrow the sequential naming scheme it used for its famous Pentium brand and apply it to the new Core line of chips, the company is expected to announce Sunday. Earlier this year, Intel released the Core Duo processor, and in a few months it will unveil Core 2 Duo processors. The Core 2 Duo name will be used for desktop chips based on the Conroe chip, as well as for notebook chips based on the Merom chip. Merom processors consume less power than Conroe chips, but they're otherwise very similar.

... The end appears nigh for the Pentium brand, which has carried Intel for 13 years. Intel is expected to rapidly shift its factories to cranking out Core processors by the end of the year.

Last week, Intel announced plans to bring out the Conroe and Merom chips in July and August, respectively, which is earlier than expected.

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