19 Facts About Intel Core

Intel Core is a line of streamlined midrange consumer, workstation and enthusiast computer central processing units marketed by Intel Corporation.

Identical or more capable versions of Intel Core processors are sold as Xeon processors for the server and workstation markets.

Since 2019, the Intel Core brand has been based on four product lines, consisting of the entry level i3, the mainstream i5, the high-end i7, and the "enthusiast" i9.

In early 2018, news reports indicated that security flaws, referred to as "Meltdown" and "Spectre", were found "in virtually all Intel Core processors [made in the past two decades] that will require fixes within Windows, macOS and Linux".

In mid 2018, the majority of Intel Core processors were found to possess a defect, which undermines the Software Guard Extensions (SGX) feature of the processor.

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Original Core brand refers to Intel's 32-bit mobile dual-core x86 CPUs, which derived from the Pentium M branded processors.

The Intel Core brand had two branches: the Duo and Solo (Duo with one disabled core, which replaced the Pentium M brand of single-core mobile processor).

Core series is the first Intel processor used as the main CPU in an Apple Macintosh computer.

The Intel Core Duo was the CPU for the first generation MacBook Pro, while the Intel Core Solo appeared in Apple's Mac Mini line.

In 2007, Intel began branding the Yonah core CPUs intended for mainstream mobile computers as Pentium Dual-Core, not to be confused with the desktop 64-bit Core microarchitecture CPUs branded as Pentium Dual-Core.

Intel Core Solo uses the same two-core die as the Core Duo, but features only one active core.

Intel Core had used the same strategy previously with the 486 CPU in which early 486SX CPUs were in fact manufactured as 486DX CPUs but with the FPU disabled.

Unlike the Intel Core, Intel Core 2 is a 64-bit processor, supporting Intel 64.

In early 2011, Intel Core introduced a new microarchitecture named Sandy Bridge.

In January 2011, Intel released new quad-core Core i5 processors based on the "Sandy Bridge" microarchitecture at CES 2011.

Intel Core announced low power mobile Whiskey Lake CPUs availability on August 28, 2018.

At CES 2018, Intel Core announced that they had started shipping mobile Cannon Lake CPUs at the end of 2017 and that they would ramp up production in 2018.

Intel Core announced low power mobile Comet Lake CPUs availability on August 21, 2019.

Alder Lake is Intel's codename for the 12th generation of Intel Core processors based on a hybrid architecture utilizing Golden Cove high-performance cores and Gracemont power-efficient cores.