Core 2 Duo gets Penryn – new E8000 series based on Penryn 45nm
26/11/07
Now that Intel has released Penryn and has started the shift to 45nm fabrication (once again jumping ahead of AMD, which is having a pretty bad year based on it low stocks), all are wondering, how will this effect the Core 2 Duo processor family?
Intel plans to release the Core 2 Duo E8000 series, the first of the Core 2 Duo Processors that will based on Penryn. What will they offer? Better (i.e. lower) power consuming, larger L2 cache, faster FSB and increased speeds. Nothing that will really rock the boat, but over all better performance.
Some specs:
Core 2 Duo E8190 – will run at 2.66 GHz, have 6MB of L2 cache and FSB speed of 1333 MHz. Power consumption - 65 watt. This is the low end of the new series and will not support virtualisation or Intel's Trusted Execution Technology.
Core 2 Dou E8200 – has the same specs as the Core2 Duo E8190, but will support everything.
The new E8000 series should arrive in January.
There are also rumors of a new E5000 series that will come out in April to replace the low end E4000 series…
