Intel Core Duo Processor

The Intel® Core™ Duo processor breaks new ground.
Its dual-core technology rewrites the rules of computing, delivering optimized
power efficient computing and breakthrough dual-core performance with amazingly
low power consumption. Intel Core Duo processor is available in Intel's premium
laptop platform, Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology+. It can also be found
in select Intel® Viiv™ technology-based systems?. 
 
Features and Benefits
Outstanding dual-core performance
With its two execution cores, the Intel Core Duo processor is optimized for
multi-threaded applications and multitasking. You can simultaneously run multiple
demanding applications such as graphics-intensive games or serious
number-crunching programs - while downloading music or running virus-scanning
security programs in the background.
 
Power efficiency
Demand for greater power efficiency in computing is on the rise from desktop to
laptop PCs. With an Intel Core Duo processor, you get a balance of great
dual-core computing capabilities and power savings. Its enhanced voltage
efficiency supports cooler and quieter system designs as compared to
traditional desktop and laptop PCs. And thanks to the innovative energy
efficient technologies built-in, the Intel® Core™ Duo processor is able to
transfer power only to those areas of the processor that need it, thereby
enabling laptops to save power and desktops to have thinner, sleeker designs.

A vibrant media experience
The Intel Core Duo processor enables your Intel Viiv technology and Intel
Centrino Duo mobile technology multimedia experience to be all the more
vibrant. Featuring Intel® Digital Media Boost, the Intel® Core™ Duo processor
enables accelerating technologies for applications such as CAD tools, 3D and
2D modeling, video editing, digital music, digital photography and gaming. This
is one of the key ingredients that help Intel Viiv technology and Intel Centrino
Duo mobile technology to give you a truly rich multimedia experience.

Smarter, more efficient designs
The Intel Core Duo processor features Intel® Smart Cache which helps deliver
a smarter and more efficient cache and bus design to enable enhanced dual-core
performance, and power savings.

An essential ingredient in Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology,
The Intel® Core™ Duo processor is Intel's first mobile dual-core processor and
a key component of the new Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology platform.

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