Up until recently, there were separate brands for Celeron and Pentium processors. Intel has now bundled both ... Intel has rebranded its Core i3 (and i5 and i7) line-up, ditching the iconic 'i' it's ...

dual and quad core models. See Core 2. In early 2006, and based on the existing Pentium M (mobile) architecture, the dual core, 32-bit Core Duo was the first chip introduced with the Core brand.