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Old 22nd Jun 2008, 11:43
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Default Allendale, Wolfdale, Conroe, Kentsfield...huh?

This might be an extremely dumb question...but...I was wondering if someone could tell me what these types of processor mean???

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Old 22nd Jun 2008, 13:23
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Default Allendale, Wolfdale, Conroe, Kentsfield...huh?

They're just different "brands" of Core 2 processors.

Allendale are budget, Kentsfields are the quads, Conroe are the 65nm Core 2 Duos you usually see floating around today, and Wolfdale are the 45nm Shrink.

It's a quicker way to refer to each family, than "E8000 series" or "65nm Core 2 Duos".
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