I have seen a lot of users here on elakiri.com and a lot of my friends confused about this whole dual core, Core 2 Duo, Quad core malarkey, in this article I will show you some useful details about the Core 2 micro Architecture and the processors that utilize it.
How Core 2 came to be
Intel core 2 micro architecture is based on the P6 architecture (this was utilized on Intel processors up to Pentium III). This new generation CPU was designed in Israel for mobile computers at first, then brought to Desktop space in Q1 2006 as Conroe, it featured EM64T ( renamed AMD64 technology), SSSE3, and a 65nm fabrication process, and featured 2 processing cores on the same silicon Die, in short a core 2 is a extremely updated version of the Pentium III. Over the time Intel reduce the fabrication process of the Core 2 to 45nm from its original 65nm, and also introduced SSE4 instruction set (on 45nm parts) that significantly increase the performance of multimedia tasks like Video encoding with supported software.
Core 2 Duo Processors
Processor Model identifier: Intel Core 2 Exxxx
Ex : Intel Core 2 E6750
[FONT="]Core 2 duo Processors has had Three Distinct cores and one die shrink over the time,
[/FONT] You can find a complete list of processors that are based on these three cores, here
Processor Model identifier: Intel Core 2 Qxxxx
Ex : Intel Core 2 Q6600
[FONT="]Core 2 Quad Processors has had two distinct cores and one die shrink over the time,
[/FONT] You can find a complete list of processors that are based on these three cores, here
Core 2 Extreme Edition Processors
Processor Model identifier: Intel Core 2 QXxxxx/ Intel Core 2 EXxxxx
Ex : Intel Core 2 QX6800 / Intel Core 2 Ex6850
[FONT="]Extreme edition processors are targeted towards the enthusiast segment and are Multiplier unlocked for easy over clocking; they consist of both dual core and quad core configurations.
[/FONT] You can find a complete list of processors that are based on these three cores, here
Revisions to the original core 2 architecture
The 65nm Conroe’s were the first available Core 2 processors, they had the Revision B2 and featured a 1066 MHz front side bus by default, this core had one revision called G0 and it introduced a new FSB speed of 1333 MHz.
Intel decided to reprise the discontinued Pentium brand name on some of the lower end core 2 processors on the last quarter of 2007, they are called Pentium Dual Core processors, but don’t confuse them with the old Pentium 4, these processors are not based on the Net burst architecture, rather they are based on the same core 2 technology with the FSB lowered and the L2 cache reduced and some features disabled.
You can find a complete list of Pentium Dual core processors here
Thank you for reading this Article.
© Zeraphine/2008-04-02
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How Core 2 came to be
Intel core 2 micro architecture is based on the P6 architecture (this was utilized on Intel processors up to Pentium III). This new generation CPU was designed in Israel for mobile computers at first, then brought to Desktop space in Q1 2006 as Conroe, it featured EM64T ( renamed AMD64 technology), SSSE3, and a 65nm fabrication process, and featured 2 processing cores on the same silicon Die, in short a core 2 is a extremely updated version of the Pentium III. Over the time Intel reduce the fabrication process of the Core 2 to 45nm from its original 65nm, and also introduced SSE4 instruction set (on 45nm parts) that significantly increase the performance of multimedia tasks like Video encoding with supported software.
Core 2 Duo Processors
Processor Model identifier: Intel Core 2 Exxxx
Ex : Intel Core 2 E6750
[FONT="]Core 2 duo Processors has had Three Distinct cores and one die shrink over the time,
[/FONT] You can find a complete list of processors that are based on these three cores, here
- Please note that Dual core and Core 2 are two different things, Dual core means a processor has Two distinct processing cores, a Core2 is a brand name and a x86 Micro Architecture from Intel , don’t get this two names confused ok guys.
Processor Model identifier: Intel Core 2 Qxxxx
Ex : Intel Core 2 Q6600
[FONT="]Core 2 Quad Processors has had two distinct cores and one die shrink over the time,
[/FONT] You can find a complete list of processors that are based on these three cores, here
Core 2 Extreme Edition Processors
Processor Model identifier: Intel Core 2 QXxxxx/ Intel Core 2 EXxxxx
Ex : Intel Core 2 QX6800 / Intel Core 2 Ex6850
[FONT="]Extreme edition processors are targeted towards the enthusiast segment and are Multiplier unlocked for easy over clocking; they consist of both dual core and quad core configurations.
[/FONT] You can find a complete list of processors that are based on these three cores, here
Revisions to the original core 2 architecture
The 65nm Conroe’s were the first available Core 2 processors, they had the Revision B2 and featured a 1066 MHz front side bus by default, this core had one revision called G0 and it introduced a new FSB speed of 1333 MHz.
- Model names End like this xx00 and xx20 are all B2 revision CPU’s
- Model names End like this xx50 and xx40 are all G0 revision CPU’s
- Model names starting like this 8xxx and 9xxx are all 45nm processors
Intel decided to reprise the discontinued Pentium brand name on some of the lower end core 2 processors on the last quarter of 2007, they are called Pentium Dual Core processors, but don’t confuse them with the old Pentium 4, these processors are not based on the Net burst architecture, rather they are based on the same core 2 technology with the FSB lowered and the L2 cache reduced and some features disabled.
You can find a complete list of Pentium Dual core processors here
Thank you for reading this Article.
© Zeraphine/2008-04-02
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