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• IDF Taiwan: Intel confirms packages for Conroe and Woodcrest, but remains fuzzy on Merom
  Wednesday 12 April 2006 – 04:01
  At IDF Taiwan, Intel officially confirmed packaging for two of its first 65nm dual-core processors (Conroe and Woodcrest) based on the next-generation Intel Core microarchitecture, but failed to clarify packaging on a third processor (Merom) using Intel Core.
• Intel to launch next-gen desktop processor Conroe on 23 July
  Saturday 27 May 2006 – 12:12
  It appears that Intel will be introducing its new Desktop Core 2 Duo E6000 series earlier than previously expected. While industry sources hinted to a September launch date at the beginning of this year, slides obtained by enthusiast website HKEPC Hardware indicate that the desktop processor, formerly code-named Conroe, will make its debut on 23 July.
• Introduction of Merom and Conroe on schedule despite Vista delay
  Thursday 23 March 2006 – 07:04
  Intel has decided to follow through with its current schedule for the launch of its microprocessor architecture and - and not wait for Windows Vista, industry sources suggested today.
• Intel blocks Nvidia from running SLI on Conroe platforms?
  Tuesday 27 June 2006 – 03:48
  The Inquirer reports that Intel may not be supporting SLI on its Conroe motherboards.
• Conroe aims to trump Athlon's processing performance
  Tuesday 21 February 2006 – 06:00
  Intel's next-generation processor micro-architecture, which apparently will be named simply "NGMA," will be posting about 20% more performance per clock cycle than AMD Socket 939 Athlon processors.

• AMD: Intel's Conroe power advantage claim based on skewed metric*
  Friday 14 July 2006 – 11:43
  With Intel's upcoming Core 2 Extreme processor boasting a thermal design point (TDP) of as low as 75 watts, it would appear Intel has regained the advantage over AMD's Athlon 64 FX-62 at 125 watts. But TDP measures power dissipation , not consumption, AMD claims, as part of its campaign to re-educate Intel's would-be customers on the eve of that company's most critical product launch ever.
• First Benchmarks: Conroe vs. FX-62*
  Monday 5 June 2006 – 09:05
  One month ahead of the Core 2 Duo launch, we take a look at the 2.66 GHz version and run benchmarks. Will Conroe really be Intel's Athlon 64 killer?
• The long road to Conroe*
  Thursday 27 July 2006 – 05:36
  We started hearing the word Conroe back in March 2004. We thought it was like "Blackcomb," the term Microsoft uses for the catch-all, "next-next generation" of Windows that will have all the features that didn't make Vista. We learned Conroe would be the child of something called Merom, the most influential and powerful design in Intel's history. This is its story.
• The response to Core 2 Duo: What does AMD do next?*
  Friday 28 July 2006 – 10:53
  After every major market initiative Intel has ever taken against it to date, AMD has always had a plan. This week's announced takeover of graphics chip manufacturer ATI was a signal that some kind of plan exists, at least for the long term. But what about the short term, where AMD has taken a hit in the past? Will it be able to make up ground against Core 2 Duo before the holidays?