An Award-Winning Year for Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture
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Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture Awards

The Intel Core™ microarchitecture is at the heart of multi-core processors for desktop and mobile PCs, mainstream servers as well as embedded and storage applications. In this media kit you will find a growing list of industry awards, recognition and accolades for this innovative Intel Core™ microarchitecture which has set new standards for energy-efficient performance.

For information on other awards Intel has received through its corporate initiatives and charitable endeavors, please visit www.intel.com/intel/corpresponsibility/awards.htm.

 
Intel Core Microarchitecture Product and Technology Awards
 
EDN Innovation Awards  
Product:
Multicourse Processor Award: Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor QX9650
The 18th Annual EDN Innovation Awards recognize unique, state-of-the-art technology leadership across several categories and the Intel 45nm Innovation Team and the Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor both took top-prize in their respective categories.
 
Maximum PC's 'Dream Machine'  
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Intel was named "Best CPU Maker of 2007" in Xbit Labs Reader's Choice Awards.
 
Maximum PC's 'Dream Machine'  
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Intel was named "Best System Chipset Designer of 2007" in Xbit Labs Reader's Choice Awards poll.
 
Maximum PC's 'Dream Machine'  
"Dream Machine '07"
Product:
The Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor QX6850 was picked as the obvious choice in CPUs in Maximum PC's "Dream Machine."
 
Tech Report - Best Hardware of 2006  
Product:
The Tech Report* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor "Best of Hardware" in their Best of 2006 Awards.
 
EDN Innovation Awards  
Products:
The Innovation of the Year awards presented by EDN* recognize unique, state-of-the-art electronics products in several categories and the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme Quad-Core Processsor both won the top prize.
 
Popular Mechanics Editors Choice Award  
Product:
The Intel Core 2 Quad Processor was awarded "Best Processor" by the editors of Popular Mechanics*.
 
Hardwarezone.com - Top 100 Products of 2006  
Products:
Hardwarezone.com* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and the Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core Processor top honors in the "Top 100 Products of 2006."
 
PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award  
"Technical Excellence Award"
Product:
The Technical Excellence award presented by PC Magazine* is given out to a company, technology, specification, or product that distinguishes itself from the rest of the pack for its technical superiority and for advancing the state-of-the-art. Says PC Magazine*, "The Core architecture is a clear example of just that kind of innovation—one everyone has come to expect from Intel."
 
Extreme Tech  
Product:
Extreme Tech* Awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme Processor X6800 as their "Extreme Tech Ultimate Game Machine."
 
CES Innovations  
"Innovations 2007" honoree
Product:
CES* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor "Innovations 2007" honoree in the Enabling Technologies category.
 
Datanews Awards for Excellence  
Product:
Datanews* elected the Intel Core 2 Quad Processor as one of the most innovative products in Information & Communications Technologies of the year.
 
Newegg.com Customer Choice Award  
Product:
Newegg.com* customers awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600 the "Customer Choice Award."
 
PC World 100 Best Products of 2006  
Product:
PC World* named the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor in their "100 Best Products of 2006."
 
SimHQ Best of 2006  
Product:
SimHQ* named the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor "Best of 2006."
 
Hardwarezone.com - Most Innovation Product  
Product:
Harwarezone.com* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor a perfect score, naming it the "Most Innovative Product."
 
Bit-Tech Best CPU 2006  
Product:
Bit-Tech* names the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600 the "Processor of the Year."
 
PC Achat Magazine - Best Product of the Year  
"Best Product of the Year"
Products:
PC Achat Magazine* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600 and Intel Core 2 Quad Processor "Best products of the year" in processor and innovation categories.
 
PC Praxis - Reader's Choice  
"Reader's Choice"
Products:
PC Praxis* readers awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor "Reader's Choice Award for Innovation" and the Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor X6800 "Reader's Choice for CPU."
 
PC WELT Test Winner  
Test Winner
Product:
PC WELT* named the Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor QX6700 winner in the Test category.
 
PC WELT Quality Winner  
Quality Winner
Product:
PC WELT* named the Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor QX6700 winner in the Quality category.
 
 
Purchase Recommendation
Product:
PCtipp* named the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600 their "Purchase Recommendation" for 2006.
 
CD Action - Power Award  
"Power Award"
Product:
CD Action* awarded the "CD Action Power Award" to the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor.
 
Power Chip TIP  
"Power Chip TIP"
Product:
Power Chip TIP* recognized the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor in their "Power Chip TIP."
 
Komputer Test Power Tip Award  
"Power Tip Award"
Product:
Komputer Test* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor the "POWER Tip Award."
 
FrazPC.pl Performance Award  
"Performance Award"
Product:
FrazPC.pl* awarded the "Performance Award" to the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor.
 
IN4.pl - Best Buy Award  
"Best Buy Award"
Product:
IN4* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor for the "Best Buy Award."
 
Komputer Swiat - Quality Award  
"Quality Award"
Product:
Komputer Swiat* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with the "Quality Award."
 
PCArena.pl - Performance Award  
"Performance Award"
Product:
PC Arena* awarded the "Performance Award" to the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor.
 
PCArena.pl - Recommended Award  
"Recommended Award"
Product:
PC Arena* awarded the "Recommended Award" to the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor.
 
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"Recommended Award"
Product:
PC Lab* awarded the "Recommended Award" to the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor.
 
PC World Komputer - Editorial Choice  
"Editorial Choice"
Product:
PC World Komputer* editors awarded the "Editorial Choice" award to the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor.
 
PC World Komputer - Best Price/Performance  
"Best Price/Performance"
Product:
The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor was awarded PC World Komputer's* "Best Price/Performance" Award.
 
PC World Komputer - Best Performance  
"Best Performance"
Product:
PC World Komputer* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor the "Best Performance" Award.
 
PC World Komputer - Best Buy  
"Best Buy"
Product:
PC World Komputer* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor the "Best Buy" Award.
 
Tygodnik Komputerowy - Worth Attention  
"Worth Attention"
Product:
Tygodnik Komputerowy* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor the "Worth Attention" Award.
 
Twoje PC Reckognition Award  
"Reckognition Award"
Product:
Twoje PC* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor the "Reckognition" Award.
 
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"Top 10 Most Significant Hardware of 2006"
Product:
TG Daily* named the Intel Core 2 Quad Processor one of the "Top 10 Most Significant Hardware of 2006."
 
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"Top Gear 2006"
Product:
The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor was awarded to the "Top Gear 2006" list from Hardware Magazine*.
 
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"Technology Innovation"
Product:
PC Magazine* awarded the Intel Core 2 Quad Processor recognition as "Technology Innovation" in 2006.
 
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"Best Product"
Product:
The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor was awarded the "Best Product" award by 3D News*.
 
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"Editor's Choice Award"
Product:
Hardware+Gameland Magazine* editors named the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6700 the "Editor's Choice."
 
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Editor's Choice "Best Performer Award"
Product:
PC Net* editors awarded the Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor X6800 their "Best Performer" in the Editor's Choice awards.
 
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"Mobile Computing Award"
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The What Laptop* Awards are held to honor the excellence of the mobile computing community.
 
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"Best Buy Award"
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Digit Magazine* awarded Intel their "Best Buy" Award.
 
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"Best PC Product"
Products:
Channel World* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with both the "Best Buy Gold" and the "Best Buy Silver" awards for the November 2006 issue. The Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor QX6700 was voted "Best processor that money can buy". The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 was awarded the second place "Best Buy Silver Award". The Intel Desktop Board D975XBX won "Best Buy Gold" in the performance category for performance and stability.
 
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"Product of the Year"
Product:
MikroPC* named the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor their "Product of the Year."
 
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"Product of the Year"
Product:
PC World* Australia named the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor the "Product of the Year."
 
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"Editor's Choice Award"
Product:
HWZone* editors chose the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor for the "Editor's Choice Award."
 
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"Product of the Year"
Product:
PC World* New Zealand named the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor the "Product of the Year."
 
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"Editor's Choice Award"
Product:
HKEPC Hardware's* editors awarded Intel Core Microarchitecture with the "Editor's Choice Award."
 
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"Most Efficient Processor"
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Informatique* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor the "Most Efficient Processor" award.
 
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"Reader's Choice - Best of the Year"
Products:
CHIP Magazine's* readers selected the Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor as their "Reader's Choice - Best of the Year". The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor placed second.
 
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"Product of the Year"
Product:
The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor won PC World* Poland's "Product of the Year."
 
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"Product of the Year"
Product:
Chip Test* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor "Product of the Year."
 
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"Editorial Choice of Best Products of the Year"
Product:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor benchmark awarded the "Editorial Choice of Best Products of the Year" by IT Online*.
 
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"2006 Best of the Best"
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The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and the Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor were named "2006 Best of the Best" in Upgrade Special Magazine*.
 
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"The Product of the Year"
Product:
The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor was selected as "The Product of the Year" by PC World* Latin America.
 
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"Hardware of the Year"
Product:
The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor was selected by Info Exame Magazine* as "Hardware of the Year" in Brazil.
 
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"Best Product Award"
Product:
The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor was awarded "Best Product Award" of SinoCES by CNET*.
 
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"CPU Annual Recommendation"
Product:
The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6300 was awarded Computer Popular World's* "CPU Annual Recommendation."
 
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"Technique Superexcellence Award"
"Consumer Attentional Brand Award"
Product:
IT 168* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor "Technique Superexcellence Award" and the "Consumer Attentional Brand Award."
 
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"Editor's Choice"
Product:
The Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6300 was awarded "Editor's Choice" by the editors of China Computer Week*.
 
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"2006 Top 10 Marketing Cases"
Product:
Southern Metropolis Daily* named the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor as one of the "2006 Top 10 Marketing Cases."
 
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"2006 Best Core Platform"
Product:
China Electronic News* awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor "2006 Best Core Platform."
 
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"2006 Best Server Platform"
Product:
China Electronic News* awarded the Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5100 series "2006 Best Server Platform."
 
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"Top 10 Products"
Product:
Doserver* named the Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5100 series and the Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5300 series in the "Top 10 Products."
 
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"Top 10 News"
Product:
Doserver* named the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, the Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5100 series and the Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5300 series in the "Top 10 News."
 
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"Brand Survey Award 2006"
Product:
Hardware Magazine* Thailand awarded the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and the Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor in the "Brand Survey Award 2006."
 
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"Fastest Processor."
Product:
Info Komputer* named Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor X6800 the "Fastest Processor."
 
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"King of all Processors"
Product:
Info Komputer* called the Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 the "King of all Processors" released to the market.
 
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"The Processor with High Performance at an Affordable Price"
Product:
In Chip Magazine's* Chinebench 9.5 test, the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6300 was awarded "The Processor with High Performance at an Affordable Price."
 
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"Best of the Year 2006"
Product:
PC Magazine* Indonesia awarded the Intel Core 2 Quad Processor the "Best of the Year 2006."
 
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"Editor's Choice."
Product:
Editor's of Charged* magazine named the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor "Editor's Choice."
 
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"Best Technology"
"Most Popular"
"Best Product"
Product:
PC Shopper* awarded three Information Product Oscar Awards* to the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor -- "Best Technology: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor", "Most Popular: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor" and "Best Product (Processor): Intel Core 2 Duo Processor."
 

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