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 Technically out of date, but hasn't been replaced yet as Intel's making too much dang money to give up the 'ol front side bus.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 06, 2009
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 01, 2007
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