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1. Intel phases out some 65 nm and 45 nm Xeon 3000 processors

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 08 April 2009

   Intel is making room for its Nehalem core-based CPUs and told its customers that it has begun phasing 65 nm Xeon processors with Conroe core as well as a higher-end version of its 45 nm chips with Wolfdale core. ...

2. Nehalem: Intel gives the industry exactly what's needed

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Tuesday, 18 November 2008

   Opinion - I have been very surprised reading the commentary from other websites regarding Core i7. Many of those authors believe Intel fell short with this Tock cycle, essentially stating they did not ...

3. Intel unleashes Core i7, beats itself

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 17 November 2008

   ... of whatever may have come before it. Nehalem is Intel's Dark Knight, it lacks the reinvention that made Conroe so incredible, but it continues what was started in 2006.” However, all publications agreed ...

4. Intel phases out first 45 nm processors

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 05 November 2008

   ... 65nm products being discontinued include: E6850 (3.00 GHz 1333 MT/s, dual-core, 65 watt, LGA775, Conroe 65nm) E6750 (2.66 GHz 1333 MT/s, dual-core, 65 watt, LGA775, Conroe 65nm) E6550 (2.33 GHz ...

5. Intel six-core coming in 2008

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 25 February 2008

   ... how scalable the original Conroe architecture (introduced in 2006) turned out to be. All three dual-core segments in Dunnington have their own L2 cache (3 x 3 MB), which leads us to believe that we are ...

6. Intel to discontinue Conroe-based Xeon processors

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

   Friday, 01 February 2008

   Intel informed vendors that it will begin cleaning up its dual-core Xeon 3000-series portfolio. The 3000-series version 3040, 3050, 3060 and 3070, all based on the 65 nm Conroe core, are entered into the ...

7. UPDATE: HD 3800: AMD’s Midrange Rebuttal - benchmarks

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 15 November 2007

   ...  Processor Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe 2.93 GHz, 1,066 MHz FSB, 32kB+32kB L1 , 4 MB L2  ...

8. Intel's Penryn refresh platform to integrate support for Blu-ray, HD DVD

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 19 September 2007

   ... legacy support for Windows 2000 and the addition of support for Intel's hardware-based disk encryption technology known as Danbury. Montevina will be compatible with the processors Wolfdale, Conroe, ...

9. Intel to continue selling E2140 CPUs

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Tuesday, 17 July 2007

   Intel has recently revised it plans for the low-end desktop CPU market and will continue to sell its Conroe-based E2140, according to sources at motherboard makers.Intel was originally planning to launch ...

10. PC vendors ready to ship systems with second-gen Core 2 Duo desktop CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 29 June 2007

    ... E6850 (3.0 GHz). All new processor will be based on the previously introduced Conroe core. However, the new FSB1333 CPUs will be adding Intel’s Trusted Execution Technology (TXT, formerly code-named ...

11. Intel calls foul on Phenom versus Core 2 comparisons

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 06 June 2007

    With AMD revealing information about its upcoming desktop processor (Phenom), the company has stated that it delivers around 15-40% better performance than Intel's Core 2 Duo processor (Conroe). This ...

12. IDF: Intel releases 45 nm Penryn benchmark numbers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 April 2007

    ... to showcase these new products. The numbers were presented in a similar environment as the Conroe numbers at the Spring IDF last year. We had no influence on configuring the (pre-production) system, which ...

13. AMD and Intel: The battle for processor price segments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 06 April 2007

    ... upgrade for the very high end of this segment in the not too distant future. We are hearing that Core 2 Duos are running at up to 4 GHz in Intel’s labs, so expect to see faster Conroe and Kentsfield ...

14. Intel preps five 45 nm dual- and quad-core processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 26 January 2007

    ... requirement of transistors roughly in half. A dual-core Penryn processor holds 410 million transistors, up from 293 million in Merom/Conroe/Woodcrest. Since Intel did not double the transistor count, it ...

15. Intel to retire 90 nm Pentium 4 600 processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 16 January 2007

    ... Intel for the introduction of the next-generation single-core processors with Conroe-L core: The E1020 (1.4 GHz), E1040 (1.60 GHz) and E1060 (1.8 GHz) are due within a couple of weeks, according to sources. ...

16. Wrapping up the 2006 processor prices story - UPDATE

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 29 December 2006

    ... Core 2 Duo family (Merom, Conroe, Woodcrest) started to gain shape. It was a very interesting time as Intel was convinced that it would take back the performance crown and had been talking about that claim ...

17. Mini PCs to get boost from low-power CPUs in Q2

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 27 December 2006

    ... power consumption of Intel's dual-core Conroe CPUs will remain at 65W in 2007, AMD is expected to introduce 35W processors of single-core Sempron and dual-core Athlon 64 X2 series in the second quarter, ...

18. Intel silently revs Core 2 Duo CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 18 December 2006

      Intel has silently improved its Core 2 Duo line-up. Intel has silently improved its Core 2 Duo line-up. The company recently issued a paper (PCN 106853-00) which calls for a new revision of Conroes ...

19. AMD adds new flagship Athlon 64 X2 processors 5400+, 5600+

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 12 December 2006

    ... the AMD AM2 processor slide show here... For now, AMD's aging 90 nm "Toledo" core has to stay of the forefront of the battle against Intel's Core 2 Duo, formerly code-named "Conroe". The new processors ...

20. Intel 'Kentsfield' quad-core benchmarks to flood the Net

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 02 November 2006

    ... to see pictures of the Core 2 Extreme QX6700... The Core 2 Extreme QX6700 runs at 2.67 GHz on a 1066 MHz front-side bus and basically combines two Conroe dual-core chips into one package. Each chip has ...

21. AOpen XC Cube system provide 64-bit processing

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 24 October 2006

    ... as a new member to its XC Cube series. The XC Cube EZ945 supports the latest Intel Core 2 Duo (Conroe) CPU that provides 6-4bit processing performance. More here at DigiTimes.  ...

22. Intel to tape out first 45 nm processor by year-end

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 17 October 2006

    ... desktop-focused Core 2 Duo E-series (Conroe core) and the mobile Core 2 Duo T-series (Merom core). He did not provide further details on production numbers but mentioned that the Q2 and Q3 production included ...

23. ASRock announces motherboard with Vista Premium logo

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 17 October 2006

      ASRock recently announced that its ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 motherboard officially received the Windows Vista Premium logo, which makes it among the first Vista Premium motherboards in the world. ASRock ...

24. Intel quad-cores expected to arrive on 13 November

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 October 2006

    ... integrates two Conroe (Core 2 Duo) cores. According to industry sources, the quad-core Clovertown CPUs will be available with clock speeds of 1.6 GHz (E5310), 1.86 GHz (E5320), 2.33 GHz (E5345) and 2.66 ...

25. Intel schedules January 2007 price cuts for Pentium 4 line

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 20 September 2006

    ... 531 (3GHz/1MB L2/800MHz FSB) by up to 58%, in an attempt to clear inventory prior to the Conroe-L launch, according to motherboard makers. In January 2007, Intel will cut prices on processors including ...

26. Single-core Conroe to appear as Pentium E1000 and Celeron 400 series

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 20 September 2006

      Intel's single-core Conroe-L processors will appear in two family series, with the Pentium E1000 scheduled for launch in the second quarter of 2007, while the Celeron 400 will arrive one quarter ...

27. Intel to restructure 1-way server product range

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 20 September 2006

    ... sources. Intel's high-end server products will feature its Kentsfield (Clovertwon) quad-core processor, the Xeon 3200, or its dual-core Conroe Xeon 3000 processor, while entry-level products will be based ...

28. Preview: Tom's Hardware benchmarks Intel's first quad-core "Kentsfield"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 08 September 2006

    ... a 1066 MHz FSB. Since the CPU combines two Conroe dual-core chips, the chip will carry 2 x 4 MB L2 cache; Kentsfield will be a Conroe "drop-in" chip and work with the 965 and 975 series chipsets on today's ...

29. Intel "vPro" business desktops arrive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 08 September 2006

    ... is changing the game" Official: Intel releases Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme Up to $16,000: Core 2 Duo computers flood the Net The long road to Conroe Tom's Hardware: Core 2 Duo smokes AMD's Athlon 64 X2 ...

30. Apple unveils Core 2 Duo Imacs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 06 September 2006

    ... Core 2 Duo computers flood the Net The long road to Conroe Tom's Hardware: Core 2 Duo smokes AMD's Athlon 64 X2 Intel to launch Merom, Conroe on Thursday Technology Background: Will Intel's Core Architecture ...

31. Core 2 Duo notebooks offered from $850

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 28 August 2006

    ... releases Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme Up to $16,000: Core 2 Duo computers flood the Net The long road to Conroe Tom's Hardware: Core 2 Duo smokes AMD's Athlon 64 X2 Intel to launch Merom, Conroe on Thursday ...

32. Dell, others roll out Core 2 Duo notebooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 August 2006

    ... weeks TG Daily interviews Intel: ""Core is changing the game"" Official: Intel releases Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme Up to $16,000: Core 2 Duo computers flood the Net The long road to Conroe Tom's Hardware: ...

33. AMD: '4x4' launch on course for second half, but not immediately

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 18 August 2006

    ... recent news characterizing the upcoming "4x4" launch as "soon," in comparison with Intel's launch of its Conroe and Merom platforms late last month. "Things are going well with the plans we do have in ...

34. Intel roadmap confirms 2.67 GHz quad-core Core 2 Extreme

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 17 August 2006

    ... to launch in Q2 or Q3 of next year; Intel's Kentsfield, which is promised to be available in time for the holiday season, will not be a "native" quad-core since it will combine two dual-core Conroe cores ...

35. Dell blames cooling assembly for XPS 700 delays

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 08 August 2006

    ... 590 chipset has been reported to have behavior problems with Intel's Conroe series processors, reportedly due to driver issues. Similar issues are believed to have delayed shipments of nForce 590-based ...

36. Mac Pro, new Xserve will feature dual Intel Xeons, will start shipping today

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 07 August 2006

    ... Xeon processors, officially bringing Mac Pro into the Woodcrest - not the Conroe - camp. The dual-processor, dual-core configuration will put four simultaneous cores in Apple's new top-of-the-line unit, ...

37. UPDATE: First Core 2 Duo T7600 performance and battery benchmarks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 02 August 2006

    ... the desktop-focused Core 2 Duo E-series ("Conroe"). While Merom was formally announced with Conroe last Thursday (scroll down to see all articles in our launch coverage), the processor won't be available ...

38. Delayed shipments of Intel G965 chipset may interrupt Conroe's march

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 31 July 2006

    ... according to unspecified motherboard makers in Taiwan. The makers expected Intel's C-1 stepping of the G965 to be ready for volume shipments at the same day with the launch of Conroe processors. However, ...

39. The response to Core 2 Duo: What does AMD do next?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 28 July 2006

    ... within seven weeks TG Daily interviews Intel: "Core is changing the game" Official: Intel releases Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme Up to $16,000: Core 2 Duo computers flood the Net The long road to Conroe Tom's ...

40. Intel aims to ship 1 million Core 2 Duo processor within seven weeks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 27 July 2006

    ... Intel releases Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme Up to $16,000: Core 2 Duo computers flood the Net The long road to Conroe Tom's Hardware: Core 2 Duo smokes AMD's Athlon 64 X2 Intel to launch Merom, Conroe on ...

41. Up to $16,000: Core 2 Duo computers flood the Net

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 27 July 2006

    ... long road to Conroe Tom's Hardware: Core 2 Duo smokes AMD's Athlon 64 X2 Intel to launch Merom, Conroe on Thursday Four AMD dual-core prices now at or near Intel price/performance curve Technology Background: ...

42. Intel is back: Core 2 Duo launches

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 27 July 2006

    ... scheduled to launch and which not. There was never a question that Conroe, the desktop version Core 2 Duo E-series, would be introduced today, but Merom, the mobile Core 2 Duo T-series, apparently has ...

43. Official: Intel releases Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 27 July 2006

    ... the Conroe-based Core 2 Extreme model X6800; the Conroe-based Core 2 Duo desktop processors E6700, E6600, E6400, and E6300; and the Merom-based Core 2 Duo mobile processors T7600, T7400, T7200, T5600, ...

44. The long road to Conroe

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 27 July 2006

    We started hearing the word Conroe back in March 2004. We thought it was like "Blackcomb," the term Microsoft uses for the catch-all, "next-next generation" of Windows that will have all the features ...

45. TG Daily interviews Intel Senior VP: "Core is changing the game"

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 27 July 2006

    ... a decade, is out of the gate. You have launched the Woodcrest Core as Xeon 5100 about a month ago; the mobile Merom and the desktop Conroe core are being introduced as Core 2 Duo. The question really is ...

46. Conroe, Merom release expected from Intel at 11:30 PST

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 27 July 2006

    Reuters this morning made public the news that is still hours away from being made official: Intel will officially unveil its Conroe and Merom processor architectures into its Core 2 Duo series, in a ...

47. Powerspec to introduce overclocked Core 2 Extreme PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 24 July 2006

    ... DVD ROM drive. The system will be offered for $4500 without monitor. Related article: Intel to launch Merom, Conroe on Thursday  ...

48. Intel to launch Merom, Conroe on Thursday

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 24 July 2006

    ... headquarter. Several hundred journalists and analysts are expected to attend the event. Other than previously expected, Intel will launch the desktop version Core 2 Duo E6000 series ("Conroe") in tandem ...

49. Intel to launch quad-core processors in Q4

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 19 July 2006

    ... desktop (Conroe) and mobile (Merom) version in the coming weeks. According to chief executive Otellini, Core 2 Duo is "ramping as rapidly as possible" and Intel claims that it already has built a Conroe ...

50. DRAM, NAND prices to stabilize thanks to Core 2, Sony PSP2 :iSuppli

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 July 2006

    ... already well-known: When Intel announces its next-generation Conroe and Merom processors (now expected on 27 July), both Intel and AMD will reduce prices for existing CPUs. This in turn, believes iSuppli ...