New processor line developed by Intel Corporation. Based on the P6 and P4 Mobile architectures, it outperforms the AMD competition at a lower price point. It features more effecient instruction decoding, larger cache, a higher FSB, and a higher IPC, all while producing less heat.
Person one: d00d I just got a new Athlon64 5000+ for only 800$
Person two: n00b you should have bought a Core 2 Duo.
Person two: n00b you should have bought a Core 2 Duo.
by cymon July 23, 2006
by zwc July 1, 2007
An actually pretty decent processor found in many store-bought PCs. Technically out of date, but hasn't been replaced yet as Intel's making too much dang money to give up the 'ol front side bus.
1) Person 1: "What kind of processor does it have?"
Person 2: "A 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo."
2) Intel sticker: "Intel Core 2 Duo Inside"
3) "Only 800MHz FSB? What the h*ll, Intel?"
Person 2: "A 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo."
2) Intel sticker: "Intel Core 2 Duo Inside"
3) "Only 800MHz FSB? What the h*ll, Intel?"
by namenotrequired December 6, 2009
The newest member of the Intel processor family. Codenamed "Conroe", it was quite possibly the most anticipated processor launch in history. Core 2 Duo marks the retirement of the "Pentium" brand that has been Intel's flagship brand since 1993, and the streamlining of Intel's desktop and mobile product lines. Based on a hybrid Pentium M/Pentium 4 architecture, Core 2 Duo and its adherent, the Core 2 Extreme are both dual-core processors that use approximately 40% less power than the Pentium D, and run much cooler than their predecessors. Benchmarks from various enthusiast review sites have shown the Core 2 Duo/Extreme's performance surpasses that of AMD's high-performance chip, the FX-62. All Core 2 Duo/Extreme processors run on a 1066 Mhz front side bus, have 4 MBs of L2 Cache (the exception being the E6300 and E6400 models, which feature 2MBs of L2 Cache), and use the LGA775 socket already in use by the Pentium 4/D/Extreme. With a quad-core iteration of the Core 2 Duo on the horizon, codenamed Kentsfield, to be released at the end of this year, the future is looking pretty bright for Intel.
by Get pwned. August 30, 2006