Intel Core 2 Duo... Hot & Cool
I was there at Menara KL yesterday -- Hot! Intel Core 2 Duo was officially launched one week after US. Cool! Price-points are competitive to if not below AMD's.

Charlotte Lamprecht, Intel Director for Digital Home Brand Management.
LensaPix by Jeff Ooi
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_Microarchitecture
The Intel Core Microarchitecture was designed by the team in Haifa, Israel that previously designed the highly successful Pentium M mobile processor.
Posted by: moo_t
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August 4, 2006 12:29 PM
And most probably fabricated in Israel before sending over to places like Malaysia for assembly and test !
Andrew Grove co-founder of Intel is Jewish.
JEFF OOI says: He should be addressed as Datuk Andy Grove... investiture from Penang.
Posted by: pengembara
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August 4, 2006 01:55 PM
I wonder how AMD will respond.
Posted by: |^2SaNe|
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August 4, 2006 03:08 PM
I am an AMD user... Laptop with Turion X2. Very cool with 1GB of RAM.
AMD all the way!
Posted by: Dangerous Variable
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August 4, 2006 04:51 PM
|^2SaNe|, it is up to the computer manufacturer to push the product. It will take up to 3 months for any big brand to offer Core 2 Duo computer.
The low power consumption is pretty attractive in powerful notebook.
Do take note that once upon a time, Intel is market the CPU speed strategy to squeeze AMD out of market. The strategy backfire when AMD able to churn out price/performance CPU to the market.
Posted by: moo_t
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August 4, 2006 05:17 PM
BTW, I think manufacturers will be pretty angry because Core 2 Duo render whole line of Pentium-D server OBSOLETED.
Unless Intel give those manufacturer incentive to adapt Core 2 Duo, they can't stop manufacturer start playing the AMD cards.
Posted by: moo_t
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August 4, 2006 05:32 PM
Yeah was invited too, but during work hours, very busy at the moment couldn't make it.
Posted by: ShaolinTiger
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August 4, 2006 06:42 PM
Screw AMD.. I've already placed order for my Core 2 Duo E6600. Apparently E6800 Extreme can be clocked up to 5.6GHz..
E6300 can be clocked to 2.8GHz @500Mhz FSB..
Posted by: Ken Watanabe
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August 4, 2006 06:47 PM
BTW, I think manufacturers will be pretty angry because Core 2 Duo render whole line of Pentium-D server OBSOLETED.
Manufacturer knew intel's plan at least 6 months ahead of time. You can check out Intel's road map from their website and it is in public domain.
Posted by: nUtZ`
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August 4, 2006 10:19 PM