Core 2 Duo processor is here and will be rolled out on the PC and notebook at the same time. This will definitely help to give Intel a further edge.

Santa Clara (CA) - In a confusing series of events, Intel today introduced its much anticipated Core 2 Duo processor. First, it wasn’t so certain until recently that the desktop and mobile CPU would launch simultaneously; then, we saw different release dates around the globe with numerous publications breaking embargo dates; in the end, Intel broke its own embargo and released the processor in the US a few hours early.

Intel referred in the past to the upcoming Core 2 Duo launch sometimes as “monumental” and sometimes such huge product launches can be confusing, even to such experienced marketing giants as Intel and the technology press. Until very recently, we received conflicting messages from within Intel which products are actually scheduled to launch and which not. There was never a question that Conroe, the desktop version Core 2 Duo E-series, would be introduced today, but Merom, the mobile Core 2 Duo T-series, apparently has been a last minute decision. Roadmap documents seen by TG Daily clearly indicated that Merom may have been planned to launch about four weeks after Conroe…. Source: TH