The high-end desktop versions of Intel's Nehalem processor family will carry the Core i7 moniker when they are released later this year.
Nehalem, which Intel executives will detail at the upcoming Intel Developer Forum conference in San Francisco, includes multiple processor cores as well as an integrated memory controller hub to improve performance -- a feature that is currently only available on x86 processors from rival Advanced Micro Devices.
The Nehalem chips will be manufactured using Intel's 45-nanometer manufacturing process.
Intel's current processor family is called Core 2, an apparent reference to both the use of multiple cores on these chips and the company's...........
More: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/149648/intels_nehalem_desktop_chips_to_be_called_core_i7.html
Nehalem, which Intel executives will detail at the upcoming Intel Developer Forum conference in San Francisco, includes multiple processor cores as well as an integrated memory controller hub to improve performance -- a feature that is currently only available on x86 processors from rival Advanced Micro Devices.
The Nehalem chips will be manufactured using Intel's 45-nanometer manufacturing process.
Intel's current processor family is called Core 2, an apparent reference to both the use of multiple cores on these chips and the company's...........
More: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/149648/intels_nehalem_desktop_chips_to_be_called_core_i7.html