What is an Intel Core 2 Quad?

Answer 1

Intel is a US processor corporation. Their "Core 2" line of processors denotes that the processor is dual-core, which means that it acts almost as if it has two processors instead of one. The "Extreme" designation means that this is the absolute top-of-the-line of the Core 2 line, and it is frequently overclocked. Answer: The Core 2 brand refers to a range of Intel's consumer 64-bit x86-64 single-, dual-, and quad-core CPUs based on the Intel Core microarchitecture. The single- and dual-core models are single-die, whereas the quad-core models comprise of two dies, each containing two cores, packaged in a multi-chip module.[1] The introduction of Core 2 relegated the Pentium brand to the mid-range market, and reunified laptop and desktop CPU lines, which previously had been divided into the Pentium 4, Pentium D, and Pentium M brands. The Core microarchitecture returned to lower clock rate and improved processors' usage of both available clock cycles and power compared with preceding NetBurst of the Pentium 4/D-branded CPUs.[2] Core microarchitecture provides more efficient decoding stages, execution units, caches, and buses, reducing the power consumption of Core 2-branded CPUs, while increasing their processing capacity. Intel's CPUs have varied very wildly in power consumption according to clock rate, architecture and semiconductor process, shown in the CPU power dissipation tables.

Answer 2

A processor created by Intel that contains two CPU cores. Until recently processors only contained one core and meant they could only do one thing at a time (though so fast you wouldn't realise).

Answer 3

The Intel Core 2 Quad is a microprocessor from Intel with four internal cores and using the Core 2 architecture.