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Intel launch event to include Merom
News Merom, a notebook processor and the third leg of Intel's Core architecture triumvirate, will get a thorough airing at a launch party planned at the chipmaker's headquarters. Intel plans to announce details about the branding strategy and systems...
[July 24, 2006, 8:50]
Intel talks up next-generation chips
News Intel expects its forthcoming Conroe and Merom chips to deliver a performance advantage of at least 20 percent over chips from AMD that are slated to be released at the same time, an Intel executive said on Friday.
[February 20, 2006, 8:25]
AMD dismisses Intel's performance claims
News As might be expected, AMD doesn't think much of Intel's performance claims for its upcoming Conroe and Merom products. Conroe and Merom are the first desktop and notebook processors to use Intel's next-generation microarchitecture, a new design...
[February 28, 2006, 9:00]
Intel draws notebook and desktop chip lines together
News Some notebook chips may creep into the desktop line with Jonah, a predecessor of Merom, due in 2006. The chip giant will adopt a common processor core, code-named Merom, for its notebook and desktop lines of chips in 2007, according to sources, a...
[March 30, 2004, 8:30]
Intel reveals second-gen dual-core details
News Code names for those second-generation dual-core chips are Conroe, for desktop machines; Merom, for laptops; and Woodcrest, for lower-end servers with two processor sockets, Otellini said. Otellini said Merom is scheduled to arrive "late next year...
[May 6, 2005, 9:05]
Intel prepares to reveal all
News The chips are code-named Merom (for notebooks), Conroe (for desktops) and Woodcrest (for servers). Although the various Merom and Conroe chips will differ by cache size and other attributes, the fact that they will share similar architectures is...
[August 12, 2005, 9:20]
Pentium D prices tipped to plunge
News That's still the plan for the Core 2 Duo chips, formerly known as Conroe and Merom, but Intel isn't just launching the new products into the high end of its range, Mulloy said. Conroe, the desktop version, will arrive in July, while Merom, a...
[June 9, 2006, 9:05]
Intel shows off quad-core chip
News A notebook chip called Merom and a desktop chip called Conroe coming out around the same time will be based on the same architecture. Rattner indicated that Merom and Conroe will only be dual-core chips, as many analysts expect.
[February 13, 2006, 8:05]
Intel defends architectural advances
News Merom — it's going to be 14 pipeline stages, and instead of a three-wide machine, you put in a four-wide machine and you change the branch prediction. I believe that with innovation and the things that are being put into Merom, it will take at...
[March 10, 2006, 15:30]
Intel unveils new low-power chips
News It will be the basis for three new 65nm dual-core products to be launched in the second half of 2006 - Woodcrest for servers, Conroe for desktops and Merom for mobile use. At the opening keynote at Intel's autumn 2005 developer forum in San...
[August 23, 2005, 18:15]
Core Duo gets a second lease on life
News The Core 2 Duo name will be used for desktop chips based on the Conroe chip, as well as for notebook chips based on the Merom chip. Merom processors consume less power than Conroe chips, but they're otherwise very similar.
[May 8, 2006, 8:50]
The lowdown on Asus' Eee PC
Blog Comment Apparently the Merom processor would run too hot for the wee little Eee. Oh yeah, one more thing - some reports are circulating claiming that Asus will be releasing a Core2Duo-based version of the Eee in April.
[September 7, 2007, 10:55]
Core 2 notebooks have arrived
News Dell, Gateway, Toshiba and others trotted out their first systems based on the notebook version of the chip, formerly code-named Merom. Merom systems were previewed at Intel's Core 2 Duo launch event in July, but systems are now available for order...
[August 29, 2006, 9:30]
Inside Intel's Napa platform review
Reviews As it's also expected to find its way into low-power blade servers and the like, there’s no M or Mobile in the processor name: the next generation of this architecture, codenamed Merom, will move further into full-blown desktop (Conroe) and server...
[January 6, 2006, 0:01]
Intel details high-speed wireless plans
News Santa Rosa will accommodate the Merom processor that's expected to launch later this year but will feature a new chipset called Crestline that's designed to improve graphics performance. Intel unveiled a new generation of its Centrino notebook...
[March 8, 2006, 14:15]
Intel opens 65nm Ireland factory
News Intel will introduce its Intel Core 2 Duo processors for the desktop and notebook (formerly code-named Conroe and Merom, respectively). Intel has opened a third chip plant focused on 65-nanometre processes as it moves ahead with its latest array of...
[June 26, 2006, 9:35]
Intel launches upgrade to Centrino
News Centrino Pro will contain Intel's 65nm Merom-based Core 2 Duo processor, offering a faster frontside bus (FSB) at 800MHz. Intel will today launch a new mobile platform aimed at increasing notebook performance and reducing notebook power consumption.
[May 9, 2007, 11:43]
Intel to undergo widespread restructuring
News Three new chips, one for each of the Core market segments, will be part of the rollout: Woodcrest for servers in June, Conroe for desktops in July, and Merom for notebooks in August. Intel chief executive Paul Otellini said on Thursday that the...
[April 28, 2006, 9:00]
Intel redraws processor roadmap
News By 2007, desktop chips derived from Merom, an upcoming version of the Pentium M, will come out. One of the server chips Intel will release next year comes from an unusual place: its notebook group. Sossaman, the code-name for a Xeon chip for blade...
[July 28, 2005, 9:00]
A better way to migrate virtual machines
Blog The Merom Core architecture added SSE3, and later Intel chips added SSE4 and SSE4.2. VMware has been in business for 10 years, and for most of that time it based its business on the fact that Intel and AMD did not support virtualisation.
[September 18, 2008, 9:13]
