[Pc_Support] Are "Core Duo" and "Dual Core" synonymous terms? <EOM>

[Bryan J. Smith]

Damien McKenna wrote:
> Mostly.  The initial Core Duo and Core Solo processors didn't have
> the x86-64 enhancements, only the Core 2 Duo line.

Er, it represents Intel's new "Core" IA-32 (x86) design.
And then "Core 2" adds IA-32e (aka EM64T).

Thanx for pointing out that I should have _not_ added "-64" there for all Cores.
I really don't know why I did -- I meant to say "IA-32" (not x86-anything).

> ... and Core 2 Duo is the second generation of their "Core" line.

Correct.  And there are "Core 2 Solo" products as well (just not very
commonplace).

> No, they have dual-core Pentium D models and IIRC dual-core Xeons.
> Not hyper-threading, dual core.

Oh yeah, brain fart.  Sorry, getting over a fever, probably shouldn't
be at work today (I wonder how much code and documentation I've
screwed up already? ;).

Thanx for pointing that out too.

-- Bryan

P.S.  I've found the Celeron D are _not_ dual-core (nice marketing
Intel!).  Anyone else seen otherwise?