Intel Formally Announces Core 2 Duo

Intel has formally taken the wraps off its Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors, and vendors immediately announce new systems built on the chips.

Intel Corporation today formally announced the availability of its high-end Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors for both desktop and mobile systems. The specs and performance benchmarks of these chips have been detailed for months, making Intel’s formal product debut something of a non-news event: suffice to say, the new CPUs redefine desktop and mobile computing performance for the Intel platform and use less power than their predecessors. And, not to be forgotten, outperform offerings from rival AMD.

For desktops, processor speeds range from 1.86 GHz to 2.93 GHz, with CPU prices from $183 to $999 per unit