Intel officially rolls Conroe, Merom chips

[PeteS in CA]

Intel officially rolls Conroe, Merom chips
Mark LaPedus
EE Times
(07/27/2006 11:00 AM EDT)

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Intel Corp. Thursday (July 27) rolled out 10 microprocessors, including its next-generation, codenamed Conroe and Merom chips for desktops and notebooks, according to CRN India ...

The products have been expected. The Conroe and Merom processors are part of Intel's Core 2 Duo family of chips. Core 2 Duo is Intel's next-generation MPU architecture, based on a 65-nm process. Conroe is for desktops, while Merom is for notebooks. Intel already launched Woodcrest, a Core 2 Duo chip for servers.

[arneson]

Re: Intel officially rolls Conroe, Merom chips

"Merom Inside" , Oh man, does that sound stupid.

[Shroomie]

Re: Intel officially rolls Conroe, Merom chips

Hmm, finally, more of a fight for AMD! Let's see if the new guys can compete.

"Powered by Conroe"? Sounds like the kid next door on an exercise bike to me...

[Topcat]

Re: Intel officially rolls Conroe, Merom chips

"Powered by Conroe"? Sounds like the kid next door on an exercise bike to me...

That name makes me think of a gerbil for some reaons..... not one of Intel's better codenames.

[tiresias]

Re: Intel officially rolls Conroe, Merom chips

That name makes me think of a gerbil for some reaons..... not one of Intel's better codenames.

Yes... also "Core 2 Duo" sounds a little strained for a new product, like something that's already been upgraded and remarketed a few times already.

Not as severe as Radeon X1900XTX XXX Edition, but still, one wonders whether a totally new name such as "Pentium" or "Xeon" wouldn't have served them better.

[arneson]

Re: Intel officially rolls Conroe, Merom chips

I'll wait for the "Moron" line of chips.

[Shroomie]

Re: Intel officially rolls Conroe, Merom chips

arneson, that era's gone...they killed Netburst, y'know.