Santa Clara (CA) – Intel will roll out the first Nehalem processors next month as planned. Chief executive officer Paul Otellini confirmed Intel has begun shipping the CPU to its customers.

It is official: Intel will introduce its Core i7 processor, which integrates a new micro-architecture succeeding Core, next month. Processor shipments began in Q3 of this year, Otellini stated during the firm’s Q3 quarter conference call. Industry sources told TG Daily that the architecture will be launched on November 17.

Previously code-named Nehalem, the initial rollout of the architecture will be very limited.

We expect three desktop versions based on the Bloomfield (quad-) core, with clock speeds of 2.66 GHz (Core i7-920), 2.93 GHz (Core i7-940) and 3.2 GHz (Core i7-965XE). Pricing is expected to be on the higher end, but sources indicated that the 3.2 GHz version will have a tray price of $999, which is well below the company’s current flagship (Skulltrail) processor, which has a tray price of $1499. The 2.93 GHz model will be priced at $562 and the 2.66 GHz version at $284.

There will also be high-performance server products code-named Nehalem-EP in the first wave of new processors.   

It will take at least seven month until more Nehalem processors follow: A second server derivative designed for the expandable server market ("Nehalem-EX"), as well as desktop ("Havendale" and "Lynnfield") and mobile ("Auburndale" and "Clarksfield") client versions are expected to be introduced in the second half of 2009.

All initial Nehalem processors will be quad-core CPUs, processing up to eight threads simultaneously, thanks to the use of a reanimated and updated Hyperthreading technology.

Two generations ahead of AMD ??

Oct 14, 2008 18:26     

What the heck is wrong with AMD. Two years later they still can't anything going. They really dropped the ball. Come on! Intel needs competition.
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intel's taking it's own initiative...

Oct 14, 2008 19:13     

Pretty much leaving AMD in the dust as far as speed and technology. But still AMD processors are cheap and fast enough.
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i7

Oct 14, 2008 20:21     

did I miss the memo, or have they still not explained what i7 means? is it to go with windows7?
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re: Two generations ahead of AMD ??

Oct 14, 2008 20:26     

AMD current offerings just cant compete in pure IPC performance. But remember, Nehalem copied what AMD has implemented almost 4 years ago,,, the integrated memory controller.
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hypertransport

Oct 14, 2008 20:33     

intel also implements quick path inteconnect... a hypertransport copycat.
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They all copied the 386SX memory controler

Oct 14, 2008 21:25     

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I...SX_variant 1st x86 integrated memory controler was the i80386sx ...
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AMD Copied Intel

Oct 14, 2008 23:04     

AMD Copied Intel x86 Architecture if we go by the mood of the above threads...
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AMD - The untold story

Oct 14, 2008 23:27     

IT is funny how people are quick to point out that Intel copied AMD technology, but the truth is that they both were copying each other technologies from they started more specifically AMD reversed engineered many of Intel chips in the past and I hear no one bring it up. We all have to feel sorry for the underdogs. Intel the evil monopoly. Lol
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amd is so slow~~~ intel got fake speed

Oct 14, 2008 23:41     

im waiting for amd 3.0-3.6 clock cpu......
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Power of these processors?

Oct 15, 2008 02:36     

What is power usage of these processors? thanks in advance.
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Re: AMD is so slow~~~ Intel got fake speed

Oct 15, 2008 02:37     

I'm waiting for AMD 4.0-4.6 clock FX CPU...... :P
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Of course AMD/Intel copies

Oct 15, 2008 07:53     

They have an agreement that makes legal to copies each other technology after some time.
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AMD getting ready

Oct 15, 2008 09:13     

Intel has the best x86 processors, and will keep having them unless they make a critical mistake (which won't happen). AMD does not expect to surpass them on x86 ground, they want to triumph on CPU GPU ground with Fusion. Until that, Intel will have the fastest *entusiast* processors. Get over it.
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AMD did it too

Oct 15, 2008 16:47     

As far as I know, AMD has sent to production too it's new 45nm processor, whose architecture is, as other subject remarked, similar to Nehalem's. AMD has the best chipsets and GPUs and lower prices, for the moment. If there's any hope for that company, is in the gathering of all those products in the Fusion environment. I'm curious to see what's coming up.
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Too expensive

Oct 16, 2008 09:34     

Those chips are just too expensive! 3.2 - 1K 2.9 - .5k 2.66 - .3k
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waiting for HT 3.1

Oct 16, 2008 18:13     

I hoped really hope AMD do implant Hypertransport 3.1 it would make a huge difference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertransport#HyperTransport frequency specifications BTW, QPI runs at 3.2GHz not 6.4GHz. QPI is NOT full duplex
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