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Intel to ship Conroe/Woodcrest/Merom in Q3 2006

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Faced with increasing competitive pressure from AMD, Intel apparently has accelerated its launch schedule of its new Core microarchitecture. While Woodcrest, which will carry the Xeon 5100-series designation, was always scheduled for a Q3 introduction, chief executive Paul Otellini on Wednesday confirmed that the company will also be announcing the desktop processor "Conroe" (Core Duo E4000 and E6000 series) as well as the mobile CPU "Merom" (Core Duo T5000 and T7000 series) in the third quarter. All three variants will be shipping "in volume
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http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2006/04/19/intel_to_ship_core_inq3_2006/

Hehe, looks like we will be seeing conroe earlier than expected....probably. :confused:

Intel should have waited it out and kept on working on the processor instead of falling into AMD's trap :eek:
 
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sajtion said:
sweet my next cpu will be intel conroe for sure
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For sure I will be getting one too! But I have a funny feeling that this tit-for-tat scenario sounds very "rushed" I hope that the processor quality is not affected by the new release date,
 
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