Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 17th Jun 2009 22:36 UTC
Personally, I've always been very confused by Intel's processor branding. Core Duo and Core Solo were pretty straightforward, but not long after we were dealing with Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad, which is anything but marketing friendly. Apparently, Intel agrees with us and has announced a fairly massive branding overhaul.
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RE[3]: Because Core 2 Quad isn't obvious...
by tylerdurden on Sat 20th Jun 2009 04:18
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RE[4]: Because Core 2 Quad isn't obvious...
by Glynser on Mon 22nd Jun 2009 05:56
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It's actually a Core 2 Solo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_2
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Even worse is that there wasn't just a Core 2 Duo, but also a Core 2 Solo, which was sometimes just called Core 2. This was at a time when the term "Dual Core CPU" was a pretty new one (at least to most people) and thus suggested that a "Core 2" is a dual core CPU. I remember how surprised I was when I read that a plain "Core 2" is a single-core CPU.