Core crazy Intel
p2p news / p2pnet: What’s in a name? A lot, Intel hopes, having just announced a "branding" decision for its new second generation Core processors.
"Intel’s first generation desktop Core processor, Conroe, will carry the moniker Core 2 Duo, suplementing the 65nm Netburst Presler micro-architecture," says Daily Tech.
"Notebook processors, earlier dubbed Merom, will also carry the Core 2 Duo moniker even though the processors are very different than the desktop Core 2 Duo chips. The highest end desktop processors, previously named Extreme Edition, will be labeled as Core 2 Extreme opposed to the mainstream Core 2 Duo."
PC World has company spokesperson Bill Kircos saying, "You could kind of say we’re core crazy. It’s a way of saying ‘Hey, this isn’t your grandfather’s PC’."
Yes. Well.
But, blogs ZDNet, the real question is, What’ll they call the new Intel desktop Mac?
"All signs point to ‘Mac Pro’," it states.
Also See:
Daily Tech – Announcing Intel Core 2 Duo, May 7, 2006
PC World – Intel Announces New Brand Name for Chips, May 8, 2006
ZDNet – Next generation Intel processors coming to the Mac, May 8, 2006
May 8th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
It also contains the first implementation of “Lagrande” ….
Hardware based “Trusted Computing” .
Shit by any other name still smells the same.
Hoard your old pc’s .. they’ll be needed.
May 8th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
I still cant believe they gave up pentium, the most widly recognised moniker in the tech business.
Now im just waiting for Macdonalds to change their Big Mac to Patty 2 Duo
May 9th, 2006 at 8:02 am
I recently got a new Sony laptop with a Core Duo processor, and since it runs at the same 1.8 GHz clock speed as my other Dell with a Centrino, I decided to do some performance testing. From the results, it looks like the way programs are written will make a huge difference between whether or not we see a performance gain out of the new Duo line:
http://geekswithblogs.net/lorint/archive/2006/05/08/77566.aspx
-Lorin Thwaits