Official: Intel releases Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme

Santa Clara (CA) - At about 12:15 pm Eastern time this afternoon, Intel released official news to North American sources that it is releasing a total of ten new Core Microarchitecture processors this morning, in an event now scheduled for 11:30 am Pacific Time (2:30 pm ET). They are, as anticipated, the Conroe-based Core 2 Extreme model X6800; the Conroe-based Core 2 Duo desktop processors E6700, E6600, E6400, and E6300; and the Merom-based Core 2 Duo mobile processors T7600, T7400, T7200, T5600, and T5500.

Pricing information is not yet available for the mobile series, although we now have official prices for the desktop models: The Extreme will sell, as expected, for $999. The four models in the Core 2 Duo series will sell for $530, $316, $224, and $183, respectively. This information precisely matches price projections obtained two weeks ago by TG Daily, for processors sold in 1000-unit quantities to distributors ("tray prices"). Street prices for these models may be slightly higher.