Intel's Core 2 Duo volley scored a solid hit on AMD, which had dominated the desktop performance segment for a number of years with the Athlon 64. The Core 2 Duo's gaming performance moved Intel out ...

While a 95W TDP rating doesn’t seem extremely power-friendly, this TDP rating is actually quite good in comparison to other quad-core solutions on the market. AMD’s new Phenom 9850 chips run in the ...

The Core 2 Quad Q6600 is yet another impressive Intel processor and the first to be launched in 2007. Nevertheless, quad-core technology is still ahead of its time, and it will take some time before ...

Having slashed prices across its range of existing Core 2 Quad processors, Intel has introduced three new lower-power models aimed at the desktop. The 45nm LGA775 chips - Intel's Core 2 Quad Q9550s, ...

Seems like we were just getting used to the Core 2 Duo chips, and now Intel has gone and released its first quad core processor, code-named Kentsfield and officially called Core 2 Extreme QX6700. Toms ...

Months after bowling the world over with the Core 2 Duo, Intel follows up with double-or-nothing: the QX7600 Quad-Core CPU. The quick turnaround is accounted for by the manufacturing technique. They ...

Intel plans to launch the third model of its four-core processor in January, continuing its efforts to stay ahead of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on the next-generation processor family. Intel will ...

Intel will cap off a turnaround year on Tuesday with the expected introduction of its first quad-core processors, beating rival Advanced Micro Devices to the punch by several months. Originally ...

Intel Tuesday introduced the Q9000, a 2.53 GHz quad-core chip designed to offer a cheaper alternative for notebook manufacturers. Acer becomes the first to use the $350 chip to power a product, its $1 ...

Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q9300 has some rather large shoes to fill. This newly shipping, relatively low-cost quad-core processor from Intel is a replacement for their long-standing price to performance ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Hot on the heels of the Core 2 Duo launch, Intel came out and released the world's first quad-core ...