Intel Philippines unveiled its new Core 2 Duo processor for consumer and business desktop, laptop PCs, and workstations. The 10 new dual-core chips promise markedly better performance and greater energy efficiency than Intel's existing products.
Among the chips announced by Intel are five processors designed for laptops and five desktop chips, including the high-end Core 2 Extreme processor for gamers.
The processor family is based on Intel's Core microarchitecture, designed to provide powerful yet energy-efficient performance. With dual cores, the processors can manage numerous tasks faster.
The Core 2 Duo chips are made using a 65-nanometer production process, one of the reasons they consume 40 percent less power and offer a 40 percent or greater increase in performance, based on Intel's estimates.
Intel began using the 65-nanometer process last year, starting the move away from the less-advanced 90-nanometer process. Shifting to a more advanced process generally permits the production of chips that are smaller, run faster, and consume less power. The more advanced process also reduces the per-unit cost of chips, since more can fit on a single silicon wafer.
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