Intel to launch more Core 2 Duo processors

As everyone may already know 1333MHz FSB Intel Core 2 Duo (including E6850, E6750 and E6650) will be releasing in Q3 2007, Intel just announced more choices to customers. Besides the 3 models mentioned above, Intel will also release Core 2 Duo E6390 in Q3 2007, E4200 and E4400 in Q2 2007. Core 2 Duo E6390 targets to the market of E6300 and E6400, and the two members from Core 2 Duo E4000 family are designed to replace Netburst Pentium D.

When compared with the specification, we may find that Core 2 Duo E6390 actually is a value version of Core 2 Duo E6300 and E6400. With the same speed of Core 2 Duo E6400 at 2.13GHz, and also 2MB L2 Cache and 1066MHz FSB, everything is the same in Core 2 Duo E6390, but the availability of Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) and vPRO Technology. These functions are disabled in Core 2 Duo E6390.