Intel Pakistan Corporation recently introduced its most advanced desktop processor ever, the Intel Core i7 processor at a glittering ceremony. 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 peroformance of a processor. This is the first time ever for any single processor to exceed a score of 100 points. “Intel has deliveredthe fastest desktop processor on Earth to the most demanding users, the ones who are using their PCs for video, gaming and music,” said Ashar H. Zaidi, Country Manager, Intel Corporation Pakistan. “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.”
The Core i7 also has the latest Intel power-saving technologies, allowing desktops to go into sleep states formerly reserved for intel-based notebooks. Intel Core i7– 920, Intel Core i7-940 and Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition have been launched in Pakistan. 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 8MB 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.
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