Next Generation Intel - Intel® Core™ i7
August 12th, 2008 . by Markus - Add a Comment
Intel announced yesterday that its latest desktop processors will be branded as Intel® Core™. This will be known is i7 and formally branded as Intel® Core™ i7 processor.
Products based on this new microarchitecture will be set to deliver both energy efficiency and high performance. The Core i7 is also set to be a true quad core processor unlike some previous versions that were more like two dual core processors.
Intel will be focusing much of its future efforts around the Core i7 product and brand. Products based on this microarchitecture should go into production towards the end of this year. These processors will feature Intel Hyper-Threading technology and will be capable of handling eight software threads on four processor cores.
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