Intel's code name for the Core Duo chip. See Intel Core.
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- Discussion threads 2007-12-07
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- The Mini PC cottage industry began life in 2001 with the birth of Mini-ITX lived a modest life in certain niche markets, died this year by commoditization. It was 6 years old. * Because of the boutique status of Mini PCs, they commanded hefty premiums over...
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- Apple's new 13" MacBook is a good buy, but in specific cases
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- Blog posts 2006-11-17
- Apple's new 13" MacBook is a good buy, but in specific cases
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- Blog posts 2006-11-17
- Lenovo's X60 Thinkpad: A perfect balance of tablet portability, notebook functionality?
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- Blog posts 2006-11-15
- Lenovo's X60 Thinkpad: A perfect balance of tablet portability, notebook functionality?
- Ever since the very first Thinkpad (I believe it was the 700c), Ive relied on the sleek black portables with the slightly rubberized black finish to get my job done. Over the years, I have strayed a few times. An HP Omnibook here. A Sony Vaio there. A brief...
- Blog posts 2006-11-15
- More on Merom ship dates
- There has been plenty of speculation as to when Apple will upgrade MacBooks and MacBook Pros from the Intel Core Duo (code-named "Yonah") chips to the faster and cooler Merom (a.k.a. Core 2 Duo) processors.Initially I heard that Merom was on tap to land in MacBook Pros in time for...
- Blog posts 2006-08-17
- Intel sells off DSP division Dialogic
- Intel sells off DSP division DialogicIntel becoming a lean mean CPU company?Every step that Intel has been taking in these last few months has been to become a smaller and more agressive company. Before they were becoming big and bulky, but I don't know if that will continue at...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-10
- Intel sells off DSP division Dialogic
- August 9, 2006, Intel announced that it would sell off its DSP Digital Signal Processing media and signal processing business known as the Dialogic division to Eicon Networks which Intel had originally acquired Dialogic back in 1999. This comes on the heals of Intel's sale of the ARM processor...
- Blog posts 2006-08-10
- Core Duo supply & demand means premium pricing. But on price/performan
- Core Duo supply & demand means premium pricing. But on price/performanBait & switchIt's clear that Intel launched the Core 2 Duo as a publicity stunt to get some cheap marketing advantage over AMD. When Intel started moving the shipment dates forward, it really had nothing to do with whether...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-09
- MacBooks not upgradable to Merom
- A lot of people wanted to see a new MacBook Pro based on Intel's Core 2 Duo processor (code-name "Merom") at WWDC, but as I've said here before, it's just too soon. The MacBook Pro (15-inch) was announced less than five months ago - on February 14th and Apple doesn't...
- Blog posts 2006-08-09
- Merom MacBooks for the holidays
- It's pretty easy to deduce that Merom, Intel's successor to the Yonah (a.k.a. Core Duo) chip, will find its way into a speed-bumped MacBook Pro. The question is when.Intel will be announcing the Core 2 Duo chips at a press event tomorrow Thursday at company headquarters in Santa Clara, CA...
- Blog posts 2006-07-26
- Merom to replace Yonah in MacBook Pro
- Remember Yonah? It's the code name for the Intel Core Duo chip found in the iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro and Mac mini, and it will soon play second fiddle to a faster cool chip arriving from Intel: Merom.Merom is "a mobility-optimized, dual-core processor based on the new, state of the...
- Blog posts 2006-07-24
- Coming soon to a Mac near you: Woodcrest, Conroe and Merom
- Intel used an event in San Francisco yesterday to launch their new server chip code-named "Woodcrest." (The official name "Dual Core Xeon" is not nearly as cool, but I digress.) According to Intel the new chips are optimized for low power consumption and provide more performance in key benchmarks -...
- Blog posts 2006-06-27
- Intel steps up chip cadence
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- Discussion threads 2006-04-27
- Intel debuts low-power server chip
- Intel debuts low-power server chipFunny how Intel never cared about powerconsumption until they hit a performance wall trying to push the Ghz further. And now that their chips are handedly beaten by AMD (in the x86 space) everything is about low power, less heat.And when PowerPC chips were the...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-14
- Applying the Midas touch to Mactel
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- Blog posts 2006-02-16
- Astonishing performance numbers from Freescale
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- Blog posts 2006-02-14
- The megahertz myth and the UltraSPARC T1
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- Blog posts 2006-02-07
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