Intel Core

This article is about the Intel processor brand name. For the Intel microarchitecture that is the basis for the Core 2 processor family, see Core (microarchitecture)
Intel Core is a brand name used for various mid-range to high-end consumer and business microprocessors.

In general, processors sold as Core are more powerful variants of the same processors marketed as entry-level Celeron and Pentium. Similarly, identical or more capable versions of Core processors are also sold as Xeon processors for the server market.
The current lineup of Core processors includes the latest Intel Core i7, Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i3, and the older Intel Core 2 Solo, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad and Intel Core 2 Extreme lines.^[1]

Contents 1 Overview 2 Enhanced Pentium M based 2.1 Core Duo 2.2 Core Solo 3 64-bit Core microarchitecture based 3.1 Core 2 Solo 3.2 Core 2 Duo 3.3 Core 2 Quad 3.4 Core 2 Extreme 4 Nehalem microarchitecture based 4.1 Core i3 4.2 Core i5 4.3 Core i7 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Intel Core processor family

Brand	Desktop				Laptop
	Code-named	Cores	Fab	Date released	Code-named	Cores	Fab	Date released
Core Solo	Desktop version not available				Yonah	1	65 nm	Jan 2006
Core Duo	Desktop version not available				Yonah	2	65 nm	Jan 2006
Core 2 Solo	Desktop version not available				Merom-L Penryn-3M	1 1	65 nm 45 nm	Sep 2007 May 2008
Core 2 Duo	Conroe Allendale Wolfdale	2 2 2	65 nm 65 nm 45 nm	Aug 2006 Jan 2007 Jan 2008	Merom Penryn	2 2	65 nm 45 nm	Jul 2006 Jan 2008
Core 2 Quad	Kentsfield Yorkfield	4 4	65 nm 45 nm	Jan 2007 Mar 2008	Penryn	4	45 nm	Aug 2008
Core 2 Extreme	Conroe XE Kentsfield XE Yorkfield XE	2 4 4	65 nm 65 nm 45 nm	Jul 2006 Nov 2006 Nov 2007	Merom XE Penryn XE Penryn XE	2 2 4	65 nm 45 nm 45 nm	Jul 2007 Jan 2008 Aug 2008
Core i3	Clarkdale	2	32 nm	Jan 2010	Arrandale	2	32 nm	Jan 2010
Core i5	Lynnfield Clarkdale	4 2	45 nm 32 nm	Sep 2009 Jan 2010	Arrandale	2	32 nm	Jan 2010
Core i7	Bloomfield Lynnfield Gulftown	4 4 6	45 nm 45 nm 32 nm	Nov 2008 Sep 2009 Jul 2010	Clarksfield Arrandale	4 2	45 nm 32 nm	Sep 2009 Jan 2010
Core i7 Extreme Edition	Bloomfield Gulftown	4 6	45 nm 32 nm	Nov 2008 March 2010	Clarksfield	4	45 nm	Sep 2009
List of Intel Core microprocessors List of Intel Core 2 microprocessors List of Intel Core i3 microprocessors List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors List of Intel Core i7 microprocessors List of future Intel microprocessors