Category: notebook components
By: Klaus Hinum
Core 2 Duo (Merom) for notebooks presented officially!
Now Intel presented the successor of the Core Duo, the Core 2 Duo (codename Merom) officially. Due to enhancements of the architecture it should be several percents faster than a equally clocked Core Duo.
Core 2 Duo presented
Combined with the desktop version of the Core 2 Duo Intel presented the mobile version for notebooks with the codename Merom.
According to Intel the new mobile processor (probable the versions with 4 MB L2 Cache) are up to 20% faster than a Core Duo (codename Yonah) with the same clock speed.
The energy consumption varies with the size of the cache in the range between 25 to 49 watts.
Presented were the versions
Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 - 1.66 GHz - 2 MB L2 Cache - 25 Watts
Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 - 1.83 GHz - 2 MB L2 Cache - 25 Watts
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 - 2.00 GHz - 4 MB L2 Cache - 49 Watts
Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 - 2.16 GHz - 4 MB L2 Cache - 49 Watts
Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 - 2.33 GHz - 4 MB L2 Cache - 49 Watts
At the beginning the presented processors are pin-compatible to Yonah-processors (upgrading of some notebooks possible?) and offer SSE4, EMT64T (64 bit) and FSB 667 MHz with 291 millions transistors, which are processed in 65 nm. The price shall be comparable to Yonah.
At the end of August the first notebooks with Core 2 Duo processors will be published.
comparison of notebook processors
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- Links:
- www.intel.com
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