Intel's Next Generation CPU: Core i7

Intel's next-generation CPU codenamed Nehalem sporting a brand new micro-architecture finally gets a name; Core i7, according to PCpop. Why Core i7? Your guess is as good as anyone until Intel makes the brand name official on Monday, August 11. Probably it could mean the 7th generation of micro-architecture and the i could stand for integrated or maybe Intel got inspiration from their partnership with Apple.

In case you were wondering why we were reporting on this, Nehalem is the first CPU from Intel that has an integrated graphics core. Aside from that, Intel promises upto 100% performance increase over Core 2 Duo in multi-threaded applications. This is also the first CPU from Intel that has integrated memory controller. First of the Nehalem are manufactured on the 45nm process and will be offered in 2, 4 & 8 core versions initially. Nehalem is set to debut in last quarter of this year and the cheapest one (2.66GHz, Quad-core) is supposed to retail for $284. No details on the performance of the integrated graphics core yet.

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