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It looks like Intel has come to the realization that its product naming scheme has gotten a little out of hand and, as Ars Technica reports, it’s now taking some measures to simplify things a bit. Apparently, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, and Core 2 Solo will all simply be known as “Core 2″ starting on January 1st, 2008 (presumably with some other means to differentiate then), and Intel Viiv Processor Technology and Intel vPro Processor Technology will henceforth be known as Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Viiv (or vPro). Further on down the line, Pentium D and Pentium Dual-Core will both be shortened to just “Pentium,” while the server-centric Itanium 2 gets demoted to plain old “Itanium.” According to Ars, Core 2 Extreme, Celeron, and Xeon will all stay as they are. Simple, right?

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Intel announces Extreme mobile CPU  —  Mobile gaming just got sweeter: Today Intel announced the Core 2 Extreme X7800, its first laptop CPU under the Extreme Edition brand.  The 2.6GHz dual-core processor features 4MB of L2 cache and an 800MHz front-side bus, making it the highest-end chip in Intel’s mobile lineup.

Source:   CNET News.com

Author:   Michelle Thatcher

Link:   http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9744742-7.html

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Intel announces Extreme mobile CPU  —  Mobile gaming just got sweeter: today, Intel announced the Core 2 Extreme X7800, its first laptop CPU under the Extreme Edition brand.  The 2.6GHz dual-core processor features 4MB of L2 cache and an 800MHz front-side bus, making it the highest-end chip in Intel’s mobile lineup.

Source:   CNET News.com

Author:   Michelle Thatcher

Link:   http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9744742-1.html

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Intel announces Core 2 Extreme mobile, five new desktop processors.  —  Today Intel officially announced its first Core 2 Extreme mobile dual-core processor, the X7800.  Also announced were five new desktop processors, with front side bus speeds of up to 1333MHz.

Source:   Ars Technica

Author:   Todd Haselton

Link:   http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070716-intel…

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Filed under: Desktops, Home Entertainment

Intel seems to be handing out awards left and right these days, following up its co-sponsorship of a competition with Samsung with the announcement of the winners of its Intel Core Processor Challenge today. This one tasked competitors with designing a system based on Intel’s Viiv platform and Core 2 Duo processors, with style also counting for more than a few points. Walking away with the top prize was TriGem Computer’s “Black Crystal” home theater PC (pictured above), which proved to be enough to net the company $300,000 to put towards the production of the PC and another $400,000 for marketing and promotion. Coming in second place but not leaving empty handed was Norway’s Mesiro, which snagged a cool $300,000 for its slightly less flashy “Asono Merium” system (check it out after the break). Anyone thinking they can do better shouldn’t waste too much time getting their act together, as Intel’s set to do the whole thing all over again later this year.

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