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Calling it the ‘most advanced desktop processor’ ever, Intel India has rolled out the first member of the Intel Nehalem microarchitecture family -- the Core i7 processor.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008: Intel India has 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. It speeds video editing, immersive games and other popular Internet and computer activities by up to 40 per cent without increasing power consumption, claimed Intel. 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 said to be 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 Prakash Bagri, director, marketing, Intel South Asia. "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."

Intel's Turbo Boost Technology accelerates performance to match a computer user's needs and workloads. Through a on-die power control unit and using new 'power gate' transistors based on Intel's advanced 45 nanometre, 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 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 what Intel calls is the best memory performance of any desktop platform.

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.

In India, customers can buy Core i7-based systems from HCL, Wipro, Acer and Dell as well as multiple channel partners across the country.