<strong>Zapping the Megahertz Myth<br /></strong>Intel&reg; Core&trade;2 Duo processor is the new brand name for our next-generation energy-efficient performance desktop and mobile processors. Formerly known by their codenames Conroe and Merom, the Intel&reg; Core&trade;2 processors for desktop and mobile computers are based on the Intel&reg; Core&trade; microarchitecture, Intel&#39;s new industry-leading foundation for all mobile, desktop and server platforms moving forward. <br /><br /><p align="left"><b>Intel&reg; Core&trade;2 Processor Family</b><br />When launched later this year, the Intel&reg; Core&trade;2 Duo processor will provide enhanced performance and energy-efficiency in mobile applications while bringing for the first time the benefits of energy-efficient performance to mainstream desktop computing. It will be Intel&#39;s highest performing desktop processor ever and the new first choice of gamers and multimedia professionals worldwide.</p><p align="left">As with the Intel&reg; Pentium&reg; processor brand, use of the number &quot;2&quot; signals the arrival of the next generation of technology to the Intel&reg; Core&trade; processor line. In order to be consistent with our current Intel Core processor naming, we are continuing to use &quot;Duo&quot; to creatively and effectively indicate Intel&reg; dual-core technology. <br /></p><p><b>Features</b></p><ul><li><b>Intel&reg; Wide Dynamic Execution</b><br />Dynamic execution is a combination of techniques (data flow analysis, speculative execution, out of order execution, and super scalar) that Intel first implemented in the P6 microarchitecture used in the Pentium&reg; Pro processor, Pentium&reg; II processor and Pentium&reg; III processors.<br /></li><li><b>Intel&reg; Intelligent Power Capability</b><br />Intel&reg; Intelligent Power Capability is a set of capabilities designed to reduce power consumption and design requirements. This feature manages the runtime power consumption of all the processor&#39;s execution cores. The result is excellent energy optimization enabling the Intel Core microarchitecture to deliver more energy-efficient performance for desktop PCs, mobile PCs and servers. </li><li><b>Intel&reg; Advanced Smart Cache</b><br />The Intel&reg; Advanced Smart Cache is a multi-core optimized cache that significantly reduces latency to frequently used data, thus improving performance and efficiency by increasing the probability that each execution core of a dual-core processor can access data from a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. </li><li><b>Intel&reg; Smart Memory Access</b><br />Intel&reg; Smart Memory Access improves system performance by optimizing the use of the available data bandwidth from the memory subsystem and hiding the latency of memory accesses. </li><li><b>Intel&reg; Advanced Digital Media Boost</b><br />The Intel&reg; Advanced Digital Media Boost is a feature that significantly improves performance when executing Streaming SIMD Extension (SSE/SSE2/SSE3) instructions. </li></ul>