Intel unveiled its iconic Core 2 Duo family 20 years ago — legendary chip dethroned AMD Athlon, restoring the chipmaker’s performance lead

Tom's Hardware
Jul 27, 2026, 11:01 am110 ptsTrending
Today marks 20 years since the first raft of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, codename Conroe, was launched. Ten Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Core 2 Extreme processors were unveiled for consumer and business desktop and laptop PCs and workstations on July 27, 2006. We were lucky enough to test Intel’s now legendary…

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