Intel unveiled its iconic Core 2 Duo family 20 years ago — legendary chip dethroned AMD Athlon, restoring the chipmaker’s performance lead
PC Components CPUs Intel unveiled its iconic Core 2 Duo family 20 years ago — legendary chip dethroned AMD Athlon, restoring the chipmaker’s performance lead News By Mark Tyson Published 27 July 2026 Team Blue crowed these efficient 65nm CPUs were “simply the best processors in the world” and reviewers tended to agree. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Ten Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Core 2 Extreme processors were unveiled for consumer and business desktop and laptop PCs and workstations on July 27, 2006.
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PC Components CPUs Intel unveiled its iconic Core 2 Duo family 20 years ago — legendary chip dethroned AMD Athlon, restoring the chipmaker’s performance lead News By Mark Tyson Published 27 July 2026 Team Blue crowed these efficient 65nm CPUs were “simply the best processors in the world” and reviewers tended to agree. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: JulianVilla26) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Today marks 20 years since the first raft of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, codename Conroe, was launched.
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