Merom (microprocessor)

Merom
Celeron M 530 - SLA2G - 1.73GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache, 533 MT/s FSB
General information
Launched2006
Discontinued2009
Marketed byIntel
Designed byIntel
Common manufacturer
  • Intel
CPUID code06Fx (Merom-L: 1066x)
Product code80537
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate1.6 GHz to 2.6 GHz
FSB speeds533 MHz to 800 MHz
Cache
L1 cache32 KB instruction, 32 KB data per core
L2 cacheMerom: 4 MB
Merom-2M: 2 MB
Merom-L: 1 MB
Architecture and classification
ApplicationMobile
Technology node65 nm
MicroarchitectureCore
Instruction setx86_64 (64-bit)
Physical specifications
Cores
  • 2 (Merom-L: 1)
Sockets
Products, models, variants
Brand names
  • Mobile Celeron 5xx
  • Mobile Celeron Dual-Core E1xxx
  • Mobile Pentium Dual-Core T2xxx
  • Mobile Pentium Dual-Core T3xxx
  • Core 2 Duo T5xxx
  • Core 2 Duo T7xxx
  • Core 2 Duo L7xxx
  • Core 2 Duo U7xxx
  • Core 2 Solo U2xxx
History
PredecessorYonah
SuccessorPenryn
Support status
Unsupported

Merom is the code name for various mobile Intel processors that are sold as Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Solo, Pentium Dual-Core and Celeron. It was the first mobile processor to be based on the Core microarchitecture, replacing the Enhanced Pentium M-based Yonah processor. Merom has the product code 80537, which is shared with Merom-2M and Merom-L that are very similar but have a smaller L2 cache. Merom-L has only one processor core and a different CPUID model. The desktop version of Merom is Conroe and the dual-socket server version is Woodcrest. Merom was manufactured in a 65 nanometer process, and was succeeded by Penryn, a 45 nm version of the Merom architecture. Together, Penryn and Merom represented the first 'tick-tock' in Intel's Tick-Tock manufacturing paradigm, in which Penryn was the 'tick' (new process) to Merom's 'tock' (new architecture).