intel core™2 duo processor

Powerful. Energy Efficient. Leading CPU Performance. •45nm-basedenablinghighperformanceandpowersavings

•Upto1066MHzFSB

•Newlineoffully-featured25WTDPCPUstoenablethinner,coolerdesigns

BasedontherevolutionaryIntel®Core™microarchitecture,thenewestupdatetotheIntel®Core™2Duoprocessorfamilyprovidesevenmorepowerfulandenhancedenergy-efficientfeaturestopowerIntel’sbestnotebooktechnologies:theIntel®Centrino®2processortechnologyfamily.Alongwithbeingbasedontheindustry-leading45nmmanufacturingprocesstechnology,theIntelCore2DuoprocessorwasdesignedtohelpboostaPC’sspeed,improveenergyefficiencywithreducedpowerconsumption,andextendedbatterylife,whilesupportingthefullrangeofnotebookdesigns.

Atthedual-coreheartofIntelCentrino2processortechnology,theIntelCore2DuoprocessorfamilyfeaturesafasterFSB(upto1066MHz),higherclockspeeds,andenhancedmicroarchitecturetechnolo-gies,helpingtomaximizeIntelCentrino2processortechnology’sdual-coreperformanceandpowersavings.Thefamilyalsoincludesaninnovativelineoffullyfeatured25WThermalDesignPower(TDP)CPUs,requiringfewercoolingtechnologies,enablingthinner,lighter,andcoolerIntelCentrino2processortechnology-basedsystems.IntelCore2Duoprocessoralsoincludesinnovativepower-savingtechnolo-giestomaximizedual-coreCPUenergyefficiency.

FortheIntelCentrino2processortechnologyconsumers,itsIntelCore2Duoprocessorengineprovidesmultimediaaccelerationtechnologiesbuiltintothedieitself.TechnologiessuchasIntel®AdvancedDigitalMediaBoost,Intel®SmartMemoryAccess,andothershelptoincreaseperformance,andinsomecases,thequalityofthemediaexperience.

ForITusersofIntelCentrino2withvPro™technology,itsIntelCore2Duoprocessorengineincludeshardwaresupportforthenextgenerationofmanageabilityandsecuritytechnologies.

ProductBriefIntel® Core™2 Duo processor

Maximizing Performance Efficiency

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor Maximizing Dual-Core Performance Efficiency

164-bitcomputingonIntelarchitecturerequiresacomputersystemwithaprocessor,chipset,BIOS,operatingsystem,devicedriversandapplicationsenabledforIntel®64architecture.Processorswillnotoperate(including32-bitoperation)withoutanIntel64architecture-enabledBIOS.Performancewillvarydependingonyourhardwareandsoftwareconfigurations.Consultwithyoursystemvendorformoreinformation.

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Component/Feature Functionality Benefit

45nm, Hafnium Hi-K and Metal Gate Transistor Technology

Alongwithincreasedtransistorcountanddensity,Intel’s45nm Hafnium-based processor significantly reduces electricalleakageandhighcapacitancethatisdesirableforgoodtransistorperformance.

Higherperformance,lowerpowerdual-coreprocessorsthanprevioussilicon-based,olderprocessortechnologies.

Power-Optimized (up to) 1066 MHz Front Side Bus

Higherdatatransferrate,comparedto800FSB-basedprocessors.

Promotesenhanceddual-coreperformanceandresponsive-ness,especiallywithdemandingapplications.

Line of 25W TDP CPUs InadditiontothetraditionalTDPlineofdual-coreproces-sors,thenew25Wlineenableslowerthermaldesignpower.

Enablesthinner,cooler,andquieterlaptopsandfully-featured,dual-coreprocessors.

Intel® Advanced Smart Cache Intel’suniquesharedL2cacheallowsbothcoresaccesstoshared data, minimizing bus traffic. It also allows one core to usetheentirecachewhentheothercoreisinactive.

Helpsimprovedual-coreCPUperformance.

Intel® Intelligent Power Capability Containingmanysub-technologies,designedtoprovideoptimalperformanceatlowpowerconsumption.

Moreenergy-efficientperformanceandsmarterbatteryperformanceforthedual-coreCPU.

Intel® HD Boost Expeditestherateatwhichstreamingmediainstructionscanbeexecuted.

Greatformultimediaapplicationssuchasvideoediting,digitalphotography,andadvancedgaming.

Intel® Deep Power Down Technology Intel®DeepPowerDownTechnologyisalow-powerstatethatallowsbothcoresandL2cachetobepowereddownwhentheprocessorisidle.

EnablesIntel®Centrino®2processortechnology-basednotebookstouselesspowerwhiledoingmore.

Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution Radix-16technologydividerwithfourlanes,deeperbuffers,14stageefficientpipeline,MicroandMacroOpsFusion,AdditionalALU,AdvancedBranchPrediction,Intel®64Architecture.1

Efficientperclockprocessing.Deepbuffersallowprocessortolookintoprogramflowforoptimizedparallelexecutions.

Intel® Smart Memory Access Optimizestheavailabledatabandwidthfromthememorysubsystem.

Improvessystemperformancebyoptimizingavailableband-widthinthesystembusandmemorysubsystems.

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology2 (Requiresactivation)hardware-basedmechanismsthathelpprotectagainstsoftware-basedattacks.

ProvidestheconfidentialityandintegrityofdatastoredorcreatedontheclientPC.