Intel Corp. said it had shipped five million Intel Core 2 Duo microprocessors to date in just about two months since the introduction, which is significantly ahead of the goal to ship 1 million chips in 10 weeks, as the company expected initially.

“The momentum for this product is really quite, quite good. Demand has been very strong. In fact, Intel has shipped over five million Core 2 Duo processors in the 60 days that the product has now been released,” said Intel Corp.’s chief executive Paul Otellini.

Intel Core 2 Duo products are based on the new micro-architecture from Intel, which offers reduced power consumption amid increased performance potential. The company originally said that it would supply one million Core 2 Duo processors for desktops and laptops in ten weeks, which should be a pretty high ramp. However, Intel has managed to significantly outpace its own shipment schedule by supplying five million chips instead of one in little less than ten week.

“It’s the fastest 60-day ramp for both the desktop and notebook processors in Intel’s history,” Mr. Otellini added.

Besides dual-core Core 2 Duo chips for desktop, workstation and mobile computers as well as dual-core Intel Xeon processors powered by the new micro-architecture, Intel plans to release quad-core chips for desktops, servers and workstations later during the year.