When Intel officially launched the “Intel Core” brand in July 2006, it also marked the end of the “Pentium” name—a brand that had been closely associated with its products for a long time.
This information was reported on the PCWatch website, a Japanese site specializing in information technology news.
However, this announcement appeared somewhat unreasonable. According to Intel’s latest development plan, the company was set to unveil two entirely new chips, “Merom” and “Conroe,” in the third quarter of 2006. These are two new dual-core chips using 65-nanometer manufacturing technology aimed at laptops and desktop computers. Both new chips will utilize Intel’s next-generation architecture. According to the developers, this architecture will distill the core elements of the Pentium M architecture combined with new features from the NetBurst architecture found in the Pentium 4 line.
Intel’s new architecture will focus on real-time performance per watt rather than just raw horsepower, adopting an entirely new name, “Intel Core,” as predicted by PCWatch. The Merom and Conroe chips may also have single-core versions, which will serve as the foundation for Intel to introduce two additional brands, Solo and Duo.
So, what will be the difference between Merom and Conroe? Merom will certainly consume much less power than Conroe, similar to the distinction between high-power and low-power product lines alongside the standard Pentium Mobile series. Intel will also introduce a new naming system for the processors, designated as E, T, L, and U, depending on the power consumption of the product.
It is not difficult to predict that the Merom chip will be labeled T to U, with power consumption under 49W, while the Conroe chip will be labeled E, with power consumption exceeding 50W.
