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title: "Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Released"
year: 2006
country: "United States"
canonical: "https://recap.at/2006/intel-core-2-duo"
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recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "2006-01-01"
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# Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Released

> Intel's dual-core breakthrough enabled mainstream multi-threaded computing, accelerating the shift toward energy-efficient processors and mobile proliferation.

## Summary

Intel Core is a line of multi-core central processing units (CPUs) for midrange, embedded, workstation, high-end, enthusiast and gaming computer markets marketed by Intel Corporation. These processors displaced the existing mid- to high-end Pentium processors at the time of their introduction, moving the Pentium to the mid-range budget market. Identical or more capable versions of Core processors are also sold as Xeon processors for the server and workstation markets.

## Sources

- [Intel Core](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core) - Wikipedia

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