Tag archive: Conroe

After months of hinting its next generation of processors were going to enable chipmaker Intel to retake the lead from rival AMD in areas of high-performance, power-user computing, Intel finally lifted the veil today, allowing independent reviewers to publish evaluations of its forthcoming Core 2 Duo processors, known by their codenames “Conroe” and (for mobile platforms) “Merom.” The consensus: Intel's hit a… Read More

Intel Corporation provided its first public demonstration of forthcoming microprocessors at its Intel Developer Forum currently underway in San Francisco, unveiling new chips codenamed Merom, Conroe, and Woodcrest aimed at notebook, desktop, and server products, respectively. Intel CEO Paul Otellini predicted the company's forthcoming microprocessor products will deliver a "power of ten" breakthrough to a variety of products… Read More