Tox1cThreat said:I dont know, I'll look around for an officail word.
It seems that the only thing they can agree on is that allendale is conroe with half the cache. This is why it could be considered the same AND different, seems like theyre interchangable. Basically it all comed down to the idea of Core2Duo. Conroe and Allendalr (or Conroe/Allendale or ConroeDale or AllenRoe, whatever) are all Core2 Duo, adn thats what the "OFFICIAL" branding is, "Conroe" adn "Allendale" arejsut code/core names. I vote that theyre the same as there is no physical/archetectual difference, just the amount of memory.
As far as comparing it to a celeron/pentium scheme, its DEFINETLY NOT like that..
Its odd though, they are the same, but theyre not.. It really doesnt make a difference though, we all know what they are.
There is no official word out, that I can find, about Allendale. Intel has not mentioned anything about Allendale during the recent Core 2 Duo releases. That is one of the other things that draws me to believe that Conroe and Allendale are 2 completely seperate cores. I believe they will be like the Celeron-to-Pentium ratio (Only, Allendale will probably perform well). Allendale will be a stripped down version of Conroe. The information I have found is very little.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/04/top_secret_intel_processor_plans_uncovered/page4.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_2#Allendale
However, the more important information, is that Intel has not mentioned Allendale on the Core 2 Duo release. We won't know until we get official word from Intel.
wtk pro l said:Meroms are the T7xx series of Conroes or the mobile Conroes.
Sorry, I had to pick at this. Merom is the basis for ALL Core 2 models. Conroe, Allendale, Woodcrest, etc. are all based upon Merom's design model.