Intel showcases Digital Home technology at GITEX 2006

The Intel Core 2 Duo processor which is based on Intel's Core microarhitecture, enables industry-leading performance and energy efficiency so consumers can do more computing with less energy. With the power of dual or multiple cores, the processors manage tasks faster and run multiple applications more smoothly, such as web browsing, downloading, music or video and conducting virus scans.

'The Core 2 Duo processors are simply the best processors in the world,' said Samir Al Schamma, Intel General Manager GCC. 'Not since Intel introduced the Pentium® processor has the industry seen the heart of the computer reinvented like this. The Core 2 Duo desktop processor is an energy-efficient marvel, packing 291 million transistors yet consuming 40 percent lower power, while delivering the performance needed for the applications of today and tomorrow.'

Intel Core 2 Duo will help usher in a new era of entertainment choices for consumers. It's the engine that drives the PC to perform better, faster, smarter, and smaller. With an Intel Core 2 Duo processor enabling Intel's latest and greatest technologies for the PC, consumers get unrivaled energy-efficient performance at home and on the go. Whether they're looking for lean, mean and on the go, or a multimedia powerhouse-they'll find the revolutionary PC powered by the world's best processors to fit their needs.

Equipped with new technology like Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS) and Intel® Quiet System Technology (Intel® QST), the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor enables smaller, quieter devices allowing consumers to surf the web in silence or listen to the latest tunes anywhere in the world without interruption. Without giving up anything in the performance department, Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors offer twice the performance when multitasking.