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Latitude E6500, E6400 Reviewer’s Guide
*See important information at end of document
New Performance Architecture
Intel
®
Core™ 2 Duo Processor
Dell Latitude E6500 and E6400 are equipped with
Intel
®
Core™ 2 Duo mobile technology, featuring
the Intel PM45 Express chipset. You get powerful
mobile dual-core processors with 3MB or 6MB
Level 2 cache and up to 8GB* of 800MHz dual-
channel DDR2 system memory*.
Intel
®
Centrino
®
2 processor technology provides
a forward leap in wireless connectivity, battery life
and performance. What’s more, thanks to
halogen-free and lead-free manufacturing and a
breakthrough 45nm design, users enjoy true
energy efficiency. Intel
®
Centrino
®
2 processor
technology helps meet Energy Star requirements
without sacrificing performance.
Chipset and Memory
Intel
®
PM45 Express Chipset features:
• Support for up to 8GB* system memory and for
dual memory channels and DDR2 800MHz
memory*
• 1066MHz front side bus
• Intel Active Management Technology 4.0
• Serial ATA hard drive support
• Up to 6 PCI express ports
• Small footprint (size)
Dual Channel DDR2 Memory*
DDR2 offers dual-channel capability for additional
bandwidth and performance, reduced power
consumption and scalability to help increase
performance with processor and chipset bus
architecture.
PCI-Express (PCI-E) Technology
Serial I/O and Graphics Interconnect provide high
performance (up to 8GB/sec bandwidth)
backwards compatibility with PCI implementation.
PCI-Express is expected to ke
ep pace with
processor and I/O advances for the next 10 years
or more, so it is designed to address your
technology
for the foreseeable future.