Intel marked the 20th anniversary of its Core 2 Duo processor family, codenamed Conroe, which launched in July 2006 and restored Intel's performance leadership by dethroning AMD's Athlon processor. The legendary chip family revolutionized personal computer performance at the time.
Intel and AMD have signed long-term purchase commitments with Chinese data-center customers for server processors as prices rise sharply. Some agreements cover one to two years without fixed pricing, as server CPU costs jump over 40%.