Updated: The chip maker says it's back with the unveiling of its Core 2 Duo, which promises a 40 percent increase in performance and a 40 percent reduction in power consumption.

Cinebench 9.5 showed more of a difference -- the top-spec Core 2 Duo machine was 11 per cent faster than the Core Duo system in our single CPU test, and 8.5 per cent faster in the multi-CPU test.

Core 2 Duo runs at slower clock speeds than Pentium-era chips, but is still more productive because it handles more calculations per clock cycle, said Sean Tucker, a product manager at HP.

In these days of the Core Duo, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 - Page 2. ... As we mentioned before, this new Pentium utilizes Socket-775, which Intel has used for the past several years now.

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NDAs dropped today on Intel's latest dual-core offering, the Core 2 Duo E6750. The CPU is a close cousin to the E6700, clocked at the same 2.66GHz speed but with a faster 1333MHz bus. In fact, it ...

Today, Intel has officially unveiled its eagerly-anticipated Core 2 Duo product line up based on the Conroe processor. We have an in-depth look at the performance of the Core 2 Duo E6400, E6600 ...

The 10 Intel Core Duo 2 and Intel Core 2 Extreme processors, unveiled on Thursday, July 27, ... with the launch of Core 2 Duo processors, Lamprecht said Pentium will remain a brand.

Back in the olden days, before Abraham Lincoln put an end to the megahertz myth -- or was it Theodore Roosevelt, we always get so confused -- the Pentium 4 ruled the land, with its deep ...