Intel Core 2
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Intel's Core 2 is a family of single-core "Core 2 Solo", dual-core (2 cores) "Core 2 Duo", and quad-core (4 cores) "Core 2 Quad" microprocessors. Processors with the name "Extreme" following the brand name, such as Core 2 Extreme, are more expensive, high-performance processors than all others, which come in dual-core and quad-core flavors.
Core 2 processors are replacing Intel's previous Core brand.
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[change] Processor Cores
[change] Conroe
The first Core 2 Duo processors were released on the Conroe core on July 27, 2006. These were intended to replace the Intel Pentium 4 and Pentium D brands.
[change] Conroe XE
Officially released on July 29, 2006, the Conroe XE branded CPU's were released to replace Intel's previous Pentium Extreme Edition processors.
