Intel Launches Fastest Processor on the Planet

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Intel Launches Fastest Processor on the Planet
Intel Core i7 Processor Provides Performance on Demand, Adds 'Turbo
Boost' and 'Hyper-Threading' Technologies

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 17, 2008 - Intel 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 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, 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.

"Intel 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," said Patrick Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group. "When you couple what is Intel's biggest leap in chip design with other incredible innovations like Intel's solid state drives, the Core i7 processor has redefined the computer of tomorrow."

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

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

The Core i7 processor more than doubles the memory bandwidth of previous Intel "Extreme" platforms, speeding the transfer of computer bits and bites in and out of the processor with Intel Quickpath Technology. 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.

The Intel Core i7 processor also offers unrivaled performance for immersive 3-D games - over 40 percent faster than previous Intel 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 Intel 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. Intel's top performance processor, the Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition, also removes overspeed protection, allowing Intel'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



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

Intel, Intel Core and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel 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 Core2 Extreme Edition processor QX9770. Actual performance may vary. See www.intel.com/performance/desktop/extreme/index.htm for more information.
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What independent sites say about Intel Core i7 and 3D rendering:
Intel Core i7 Review: Nehalem Gets Real, ExtremeTech
The Dark Knight: Intel's Core i7, AnandTech
Intel Core i7 Processors and Intel DX58SO X58 Motherboard Review, GadgetAdvisor
Intel Core i7 920 and 965 review, guru3d.com
Intel Core i7 Performance Preview, TechGage
(http://techgage.com/article/intel_core_i7_performance_preview/6)







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hurricanz
Dec 31, 2008
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[quote]infinice said:
Eeyabadabadu!? Just eeuh.
I did my due diligence, compared i7 [top model] benchmarks to my humble \"obsolete\" e6750.
I\'ll share only the 3ds max results, but they\'re quite representative. On identical Max benchmarks...
It\'s only 30% faster, but uses 60% more electricity, and costs 400% more money [not counting the new pricey mobo you\'ll need].
So you\'re farther ahead building an e6750 renderfarm slave or two and pocketing the change.
i7 = Windows 7 = devices to separate you from your money.[/quote]

yeah yeah.. first round drivers. Right out of the gate no setup with hardware that was just released is ever considered optimal. Any tests right now are premature.

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Joojaa
Jan 05, 2009
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but also firt round chips, thing is they will roll out better drivers than slightly better chips without no one noticing a thing

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