Date: 22/11/2008

Intel's i7 desktop processor with turbo boost and hyper-threading technologies

Intel Corporation launched 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, games and other popular Internet and computer activities by up to 40 percent without increasing power consumption.

Through an on-die power control unit and using new "power gate" transistors based on Intel's advanced 45 nanometer, high-k metal gate manufacturing process, the Turbo Boost technology 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.

1. The Core i7 processor more than doubles the memory bandwidth of previous Intel "Extreme" platforms.
2. 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.
3. The Intel Core i7 processor also offers unrivaled performance for 3-D games - over 40 percent faster than previous Intel processors The Extreme Edition uses 8 threads to run games with artificial intelligence and physics to make games act and feel real.
4. 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.
5. It also removes over-speed protection, allowing customers or hobbyists to further increase the chip's speed.
6. Clock speed of 3.20 GHz, 2.93 GHz & 2.66 GHz

Availability: The Intel Core i7 processors and Intel X58 Express Chipset-based Intel Desktop Board DX58SO Extreme Series are for sale immediately

Pricing:
$999 for Intel Core i7-965
$562 for Intel Core i7- 940
$284 for Intel Core i7- 920

Additional information about Intel is available at: www.intel.com