Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/13/intel_readies_low_end_core2duo/
Intel reportedly readying low-end mobile Core 2 Duo
T5200 to tackled entry-level Turion X2s?
13th September 2006 09:37 GMT
Intel will ship its anticipated low-end mobile Core 2 Duo T5200 dual-core processor next month, it has been claimed by Taiwanese notebook manufacturer moles. The part has not, apparently, been listed on recent Intel mobile roadmaps.
According to sources cited (http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20060913A7042.html?www.reghardware.co.uk) by DigiTimes, the T5200 is intended to bolster Intel position in the region between its Core 2 Duo T5500 and the older Core Duo line-up. It will go head-to-head with entry-level AMD Turion 64 X2 chips, the sources say.
The arrival of the T5200 - presumably, like the T5500, with 2MB of shared L2 cache on board - is expected to be followed by a similar but desktop oriented Core 2 Duo CPU, the E4300, in Q1 2007. Earlier Intel roadmaps also showed an E4200 with a Q4 2006 release date, but that now seems to have been dropped. ®