Maybe I shouldn't start a thread for this, but here is the most concise explanation I've found for the naming of the core chips:
I was going to post this in the other thread about the naming, not sure why it was closed.
Sorry for starting a thread if I'm the only that was confused by this.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/348 said:Pay attention to not confuse Core 2 Duo with Core Duo. Core Duo is the commercial name for a Pentium M manufactured using 65 nm process, codenamed Yonah, while Core 2 Duo is the commercial name for the CPU codenamed Merom (for laptops) or Conroe (for desktops), which uses the new Intel Core microarchitecture.
I was going to post this in the other thread about the naming, not sure why it was closed.
Sorry for starting a thread if I'm the only that was confused by this.