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Intel launches fastest processor on the planet

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Samir Al-Schamma GM GCC Intel.
19 November 2008
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Provides Performance on Demand, Adds 'Turbo Boost' and 'Hyper-Threading' Technologies

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: IntelIntelLoading... 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 IntelIntelLoading...'s next generation microarchitecture 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.

At the launch event in Dubai, Samir Al-Schamma, IntelIntelLoading... general manager for the GCC said: "Today's launch coincides with the global launch of the Core i7 processor, one of IntelIntelLoading...'s most anticipated products. IntelIntelLoading... 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."

"When you couple what is IntelIntelLoading...'s biggest leap in chip design with other incredible innovations like IntelIntelLoading...'s solid state drives, the Core i7 processor has redefined the computer of tomorrow." Added Al-Schamma.

Tech Web sites have been extremely positive in their product reviews. Anandtech states that "Core i7 continues to fuel IntelIntelLoading...'s beacon of performance." "The Core i7 is everything they promised it would be," says PC Perspective. The Tech Report calls it "one of the most consequential shifts in the industry."

IntelIntelLoading...'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 IntelIntelLoading...'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 IntelIntelLoading... power-saving technologies, allowing desktops to go into sleep states formerly reserved for IntelIntelLoading...-based notebooks.

The Core i7 processor more than doubles the memory bandwidth of previous IntelIntelLoading... "Extreme" platforms, speeding the transfer of computer bits and bites in and out of the processor with Intel® Quickpath Technology. Designed with IntelIntelLoading...'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 IntelIntelLoading... Core i7 processor also offers unrivaled performance for immersive 3-D games - over 40 percent faster than previous IntelIntelLoading... 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 IntelIntelLoading... 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. IntelIntelLoading...'s top performance processor, the Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition, also removes overspeed protection, allowing IntelIntelLoading...'s knowledgeable customers or hobbyists to further increase the chip's speed.

Product Information and Pricing:

Processor

Clock Speed

(GHz)

Price

QPI Speed (GT/sec)

Cache

Memory Speed Support

TDP

Processor Generation

Intel® Core™ i7-965 Extreme Edition

3.20


$999

6.4

8 MB

DDR3-1066

130W

New Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture (Nehalem) 45nm

Intel® Core™ i7- 940

2.93

$562

4.8

Intel® Core™ i7- 920

2.66

$284

4.8

-Ends-

IntelIntelLoading... [NASDAQ: INTC], the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about IntelIntelLoading... is available at www.intel.com/pressroom and blogs.intel.com.

IntelIntelLoading..., IntelIntelLoading... Core and the IntelIntelLoading... logo are trademarks of IntelIntelLoading... Corporation in the United States and other countries.

*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

** SPEC, SPECint, SPECfp, and SPECrate are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.

For more information about this benchmark go to: www.spec.org

Performance claims based comparing Intel® Core™ i7-965 processor Extreme Edition to the Intel® Core™2 Extreme Edition processor QX9770. Actual performance may vary. See www.intel.com/performance/desktop/extreme/index.htm for more information.

© Press Release 2008

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Re: Studpity at its best by Daniel Connolly - 04-Dec-08
My good chum; if you don't mind me asking, are you an AMD elitist perchance?

If you've actually done some research, you should know that the new Intel CPU is in preparation for "the visual era of computing" and will also be a compliment to Windows 7 in regard. Yes, this is an emerging technology, and as such is more expensive than it's worth for most. But when do you think then, would a "better" time to release a new CPU architecture? Personally, I think it's great timing - the soonest possible. Intel is keeping their word on their "tick-tock model" [Google it because I assume you don't even know about this, otherwise you'd have said something less critical] and the new CPU and complimenting chipset architecture that completely removes the front side bus is a fantastic move that should of happened sooner. Yes, AMD already did this with the Athlon64 a while ago [namely on-die Memory Controller and HyperTransport interface], but we all know how much of a "comparative failure" Athlon/Phenom is in regard to their archaic individual execution cores [part of the reason why they are continuing to loose the CPU war].

The complementing i7 mainboard architecture also introduces the TRIPLE CHANNEL RAM controller - a first for the desktop PC market.

But, with what you said, there is a little bit of wisdom. THe current i7's are based on a LGA 1,366 socket/mainboard, but next year when the i7 launches mainstream, will be another new and "more complete" LGA 1,160. So if anyone buys now, they are going to be at the mercy of, [I hate to compare] say, the Skt 754 Vs 939 of the old AMD's.

So while your comment is over-critical and biased, it is true that anyone who upgrades now, unless they have too much money to burn, would of been better of waiting for next years' mainstream release.

People are saying this is the next big thing from Intel after the Pentium. It's a complete overhaul of the x86 architecture as we know it - the death of the "IBM/Compatible" has finally arrived. I only hope that this new mainboard, along with Windows 7, will have completely zero compatibility whatsoever for 16-bit software!

Peace.

P.S. Most of that was taken from the following source - a great article and I recommend it to everyone who reads this. http://apcmag.com/first_look_intel_core_i7_and_x58_express_chipset.htm [Report Abuse | Email to a Friend | Reply to this Comment]
 
 
Studpity at its best by paul tautvaisas, retired - 26-Nov-08
The New chip comes at the wrong time and at the wrong price for this cycle.

A new motherboard will have to be installed on all current desktops to take advantage of the properties of the new chip which will set the user back an additional sum above the $1000 cpu cost.

Boys and girls, this is a recession. Only a hard core rich gamer will be able to afford this rig. Knowing how Intel operates, 6 months from now a next gen will be introduced with slightly better specs requiring a different MOBO.

Intel's business model will prove to be obsolete for the next 16 months. The chip won't find a willing audience. [Report Abuse | Email to a Friend | Reply to this Comment]
 
 
 
 
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