Posted on Monday, May 08 2006 @ 10:21 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Intel presented the name of it's upcoming Conroe desktop processor and the Merom mobile processor. Conveniently, the Conroe numbers match up pretty well with the model numbers used by AMD to name its dual-core Athlon 64 X2 desktop processors:
Each Core 2 Duo chip will also have a model number that will indicate how much power it consumes and its relative performance, said Intel spokesman Bill Kircos. The Conroe processors will fall into either the 4000 series or 6000 series, while Merom processors will use either the 5000 series or 7000 series numbers, he said.
Conveniently, the Conroe numbers match up well with the model numbers used by Advanced Micro Devices on its current generation of dual-core Athlon 64 X2 desktop processors. AMD's highest-rated Athlon 64 X2 processor as of Friday is the X2 4800+. Kircos declined to comment on whether Intel chose the new scheme to line up with AMD's model numbers.
Read on over at
CNET.
