The Intel Core i5-430M is a dual-core processor from Intel's first-generation Core i5 series, released in 2010. It's based on the Arrandale microarchitecture and built on a 32nm process. The processor has a base clock speed of 2.26 GHz and can reach up to 2.53 GHz with Turbo Boost technology. It supports Hyper-Threading, allowing it to handle up to four threads simultaneously. The i5-430M was primarily designed for laptops and offered a good balance between performance and power efficiency for mainstream computing tasks at the time of its release.