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Intel Pentium E2140/2160 and C2D 6320/6420 |
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Written by Dusan Srbljak
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Monday, 09 July 2007 |
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Page 1 of 6 When we previously introduced the E4000 Intel C2D processor series, we made a prognosis that when E6320 and E6420 C2D models appear on the market, other series are to experience a drastic price cut. Our expectations have proved to be true, quite logically. By following its “cut prices – produce a new CPU” policy, Intel consciously compelled AMD itself to renounce a large amount of money. But AMD still managed to relentlessly hold the lower-end range of dual-core processors (e.g. AMD X2 3600+ Brisbane costs around 65 €). As AMD drastically lowered the prices for its products, the “blue giant” decided to inflict another low kick to its “green” enemy with the E2000 processor series.
If you deduced from this article's title that its topic was comparing NetBurst to Core architecture, you were wrong. NetBurst is already history, whereas the Core architecture is the very high-end of CPU offer nowadays. Some will remember the day of “Pentium's” departure as a brand with nostalgia, but Intel postponed this moment once again. Thus we have in front of ourselves the “Pentium E2000” CPU series. All these things taken into consideration, this is obviously a smart move by Intel. First of all, the new CPUs are based on the Core architecture, and secondly, everyone on this planet has heard of the “Pentium” brand (as a matter of fact, this text's author is often asked by this grandfather which Pentium he is currently using).
During the years, we got used to processors branded “Celeron” filling up the low-end market segment. This principle seems to have a future, so we presume that this brand will be used for the upcoming 400 series. Much has already been told about the E6000 CPU series already. Still, the story continues with the C2D models E6320 and E6420 at hand. So, let's see what all these processors are about.
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