Intel News Release: Next-Generation Intel PC Chips to Carry Intel Core Name

We already know what Core Microarchitecture can do.... so expect more performance from Nehalem.

• integrated memory controller
• hypertransport-like bus --> Quick-Path Interconnect.
• native/true quad/octo-core
• hyperthreading (SMT)
• and many more...

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20080811comp.htm

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 11, 2008 – Intel Corporation announced today that desktop processors based on the company's upcoming new microarchitecture (codenamed "Nehalem") will be formally branded "Intel® Core™ processor." The first products in this new family of processors, including an "Extreme Edition" version, will carry an "i7" identifier and will be formally branded as "Intel® Core™ i7 processor." This is the first of several new identifiers to come as different products launch over the next year.

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