On the cusp of celebrating the 30th anniversary of its first microprocessor -- the Intel 8088 microprocessor was launched in 1979 -- Intel introduced its newest microprocessor, the Intel Core i7, across 70 countries ‘parallel’ to the product’s global launch on November 17 in Santa Clara, California, U.S.A.
This is the first offering of the company’s new 45 nanometer micro-architecture, codenamed ‘Nehalem’, which the company anticipates will drive its next wave of leadership for clients. That is until the introduction of the new 32 nanometer micro-architecture, codenamed ‘Sandy Bridge’, which is expected to be out by the end of 2009, according to company officials.
Of greater significance to Sri Lankans was the holding of the local launch for the Intel Core i7 within hours of the product’s global introduction, a move which in earlier times would have been unthinkable. Normally, according to Intel’s Country Business Manager here, Indika De Zoysa, it would take a few months before these products were made available to the local market, but in this instance there was special care taken to make sure that these products were available across all markets immediately with more than 100,000 processors shipped prior to the product launch. In fact, Mr. De Zoysa elaborates, it may only prove to be a matter of days before desktop computers featuring the Intel Core i7 inside are available to local consumers.
While it is important to note that these new processors are Intel’s continuing response to the desire for improved performance which has driven personal computer purchasing year-on-year virtually since inception, research as of 2007 has reaffirmed that personal computers are primarily used for communications, gaming and editing media. This fact has directly led to the development of the Intel Core i7 which boasts a series of features created specifically to address the ongoing need consumers’ face for improved performance. Thus product features include 40% faster performance when compared to the Intel Core 2 series without an increase in power consumption. In addition, 'Turbo Boost' and 'Hyper-Threading' technologies boost performance on demand and maximise data throughput as well as allowing ‘multiple computing threads to run simultaneously, effectively enabling it to do two things at once’.
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