The codename for Intel Core 2 Duo processor for Desktop PCs was ‘Conroe’ and ‘Merom’ was the codename for the Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor. After the launch of Intel Core 2 Duo, it has influenced the market very much by providing the combination of performance and value along with low heat and power consumption.

Some of the facts about Intel Core 2 Duo processor are:

• The Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processor provides almost 40% better performance and 40% more power efficient than its predecessors.
  
  
• There are as many transistors (more than 290 million) in Intel Core 2 Duo as there are number of minutes in 550 years.
  
  
• Intel based PCs are based on Intel Viiv Technology that offers exceptional performance in high definition playback and multiple streaming of media simultaneously.
  
  
• Intel Core 2 Duo is twice in performance of its previous generation Intel Core Duo.
  
  
• Core 2 Duo is the 3rd generation of dual core family. Intel Pentium D was the 1st and Intel Core Duo was the second generation of dual core processors.
  
  
• An Intel Core 2 Duo processor with an Intel Viiv Technology PC offers amazingly fast performance for digital media creating and editing in the units of minutes.