Intel’s first Core i7 processors will be unveiled in a press conference on November 17 according to an announcement from Intel. The press conference will be held in San Francisco and according to invitations sent by Intel, the Core i7 will become “the fastest processor on the planet”. The claim is based on the SPECint_rate_base2006 benchmarking, which will be the highlight of the event. The Core i7 chips each have four cores capable of a total of eight threads.

The pricing for the Core i7 processors are $284 for the 2.66GHz Core i7 920, $562 for the 2.93GHz Core i7 940, and $999 for the 3.20GHz Core i7 Extreme 965.  These prices are for entities buying in 1,000 minimum quantities.

Popularity: 100% [?]