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Quad Core

Quad Core
First Intel next-gen laptops will be quad core

At a recent investor conference, Intel disclosed that the first Sandy Bridge processors will be quad core, followed by more mainstream dual-core chips.

And that’s the message that the PC industry is getting. “Quad-core goes live in January, dual-core goes live in February,” said an industry source involved in the Sandy Bridge laptop rollout. “OEMs [original equipment manufacturers--PC makers] are going to be going public with their quad-core laptops [at CES], but they can’t go public with their dual-core laptops until mid-February.”

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