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09-03-2006, 12:23 PM
After 13 years of “Pentium” line of processors, Intel has decided to crown a new successor to the throne; Core 2.
The features
Besides the lower clock speed and smaller L2 cache, there are no other differences between the youngest model of the new family and top-of-the-line solutions including Core 2 Extreme. It boasts all the strengths of the Core microarchitecture based products:
Dual –core design :the CPU combines two independent cores working in parallel within the same packaging. These cores work at the same clock speed and share 2MB L2 cache. They are connected to the chipset using the same Quad Pumped Bus working at 1066MHz frequency and featuring 8.5GB/s bandwidth.
Intel Wide Dynamic Execution: Each of the two processor cores can process four instructions per clock cycle.
Intel Smart Memory Access: the enhanced data prefetch mechanism allows reducing the idling time of the processor execution pipeline.
Intel Advanced Smart Cache: Intel lectual L2 cache is shared between the two processor cores depending on their load at the given moment of time. Moreover, the shared L2 cache speeds up data transfer rate between the cores and reduces the front side bus workload, because no data needs to be transferred via the system memory any more.
Intel Advanced Media Boost: the processor works faster with SSE3 instructions because it can perform the binary operations with 128-bit SSE registers within one clock cycle.
Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT): this virtualization technology allows modeling the work of several virtual platforms on a single hardware system.
Intel Enhanced Memory 64 technology (Intel EM64T): the processor supports x86-64 extensions that allow addressing over 4GB of system RAM and support the work with 64-but general purpose registers.
Execute Disable Bit: the OS is protected against harmful spyware and viruses that use “buffer overflow” error to gain control over the system.
Lower heat dissipation and power consumption: Core 2 Duo processors are manufactured with the newest 65nm technological process. Thanks to their architecture and a number of power saving technologies they boast the typical hat dissipation of 65W.
The features
Besides the lower clock speed and smaller L2 cache, there are no other differences between the youngest model of the new family and top-of-the-line solutions including Core 2 Extreme. It boasts all the strengths of the Core microarchitecture based products:
Dual –core design :the CPU combines two independent cores working in parallel within the same packaging. These cores work at the same clock speed and share 2MB L2 cache. They are connected to the chipset using the same Quad Pumped Bus working at 1066MHz frequency and featuring 8.5GB/s bandwidth.
Intel Wide Dynamic Execution: Each of the two processor cores can process four instructions per clock cycle.
Intel Smart Memory Access: the enhanced data prefetch mechanism allows reducing the idling time of the processor execution pipeline.
Intel Advanced Smart Cache: Intel lectual L2 cache is shared between the two processor cores depending on their load at the given moment of time. Moreover, the shared L2 cache speeds up data transfer rate between the cores and reduces the front side bus workload, because no data needs to be transferred via the system memory any more.
Intel Advanced Media Boost: the processor works faster with SSE3 instructions because it can perform the binary operations with 128-bit SSE registers within one clock cycle.
Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT): this virtualization technology allows modeling the work of several virtual platforms on a single hardware system.
Intel Enhanced Memory 64 technology (Intel EM64T): the processor supports x86-64 extensions that allow addressing over 4GB of system RAM and support the work with 64-but general purpose registers.
Execute Disable Bit: the OS is protected against harmful spyware and viruses that use “buffer overflow” error to gain control over the system.
Lower heat dissipation and power consumption: Core 2 Duo processors are manufactured with the newest 65nm technological process. Thanks to their architecture and a number of power saving technologies they boast the typical hat dissipation of 65W.