However, Intel saw this one coming and, in true Intel fashion, made a nice little counter-announcement. You see, Intel was working on something themselves. Two Core 2 Duos on one chip, a “Core 2 Quad” as it were. Codenamed Kentsfield, or Clovertown for the server segment, this first-ever Quad-Core consumer CPU was slated for launch in early 2007. We presume that after hearing about this whole AMD “4x4” thing, Intel decided they would push that launch date up a bit, a good two or three months to be exact. Before AMD even announced their new technology to the public, rumors hit the web that Kentsfield would be hitting shelves sooner than expected. Shortly after, Intel confirmed these rumors at their fall Intel Developer Forum (IDF).



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