Announcing Intel Core 2 Duo

Intel’s first generation desktop Core processor, Conroe, will carry the moniker Core 2 Duo, suplementing the 65nm Netburst Presler micro-architecture. Notebook processors, earlier dubbed Merom, will also carry the Core 2 Duo moniker even though the processors are very different than the desktop Core 2 Duo chips. The highest end desktop processors, previously named Extreme Edition, will be labeled as Core 2 Extreme opposed to the mainstream Core 2 Duo.

Finally, it’s good to have a name in front of the code name. It’s noted that the Core Extreme chip will be the first release, followed by the rest of the Conroes. Check out the posting at DailyTech.