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.
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.