Intel
Corporation introduced its most advanced desktop processor ever, the
Intel® Core™ i7 processor. The Core i7 processor is the first member of
a new family of Nehalem processor designs and is the most sophisticated
ever built, with new technologies that boost performance on demand and
maximize data throughput. The Core i7 processor speeds video editing,
immersive games and other popular Internet and computer activities by
up to 40 percent without increasing power consumption.
Broadly heralded by the computing industry as a technical marvel,
the Intel® Core™ i7 processor holds a new world record of 117 for the
SPECint_base_rate2006* benchmark test that measures the performance of
a processor. This is the first time ever for any single processor to
exceed a score of 100 points.
"Intel has delivered the fastest desktop processor on Earth to the
most demanding users on Earth, the ones who are using their PCs for
video, gaming and music," said Patrick Gelsinger, senior vice president
and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group. "When you
couple what is Intel's biggest leap in chip design with other
incredible innovations like Intel's solid state drives, the Core i7 processor has redefined the computer of tomorrow."
Tech Web sites have been extremely positive in their product
reviews. Anandtech states that "Core i7 continues to fuel Intel's
beacon of performance." "The Core i7 is everything they promised it
would be," says PC Perspective. "Nehalem is a masterpiece," says the
Lost Circuits Web site. The Tech Report calls it "one of the most
consequential shifts in the industry."
Intel's unique Turbo Boost Technology accelerates performance to
match a computer user's needs and workloads. Through a sophisticated
on-die power control unit and using new "power gate" transistors based
on Intel's advanced 45 nanometer, high-k metal gate manufacturing process,
Turbo Boost automatically adjusts the clock speed of one or more of the
four individual processing cores for single- and multi-threaded
applications to boost performance, without increasing power
consumption. The Core i7 also has the latest Intel power-saving
technologies, allowing desktops to go into sleep states formerly
reserved for Intel-based notebooks.
The Core i7 processor more than doubles the memory bandwidth of
previous Intel "Extreme" platforms, speeding the transfer of computer
bits and bites in and out of the processor with Intel® Quickpath Technology. Designed with Intel's Hyper-Threading Technology,
the processor also allows multiple computing threads to run
simultaneously, effectively enabling it to do two things at once. As a
result, the Core i7 quad-core processor delivers 8-threaded
performance.
The Intel Core i7 processor also offers unrivaled performance for
immersive 3-D games - over 40 percent faster than previous Intel
high-performance processors on both the 3DMark Vantage CPU*
physics and AI tests, popular industry computer benchmarks that measure
gaming performance. The Extreme Edition uses 8 threads to run games
with advanced artificial intelligence and physics to make games act and
feel real.
The Intel® Core™ i7 processors and Intel® X58 Express Chipset-based
Intel® Desktop Board DX58SO Extreme Series are for sale immediately
from several computer manufacturers online and in retail stores, as
well as a boxed retail product via channel online sales.
The Core i7 processor is the first member of the Intel Nehalem
microarchitecture family; server and mobile product versions will be in
production later. Each Core i7 processor features an 8 MB level 3 cache
and three channels of DDR3 1066 memory to deliver the best memory
performance of any desktop platform. Intel's top performance processor,
the Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition, also removes overspeed protection,
allowing Intel's knowledgeable customers or hobbyists to further
increase the chip's speed.
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