Intel launches all-new PC architecture with Core i5/i7 CPUs
Monday, 14. September 2009, 10:17:42
Intel brought its mainstream desktop CPU lineup into the Nehalem era today with the launch of the Core i7 860 and 870, and the Core i5 850. Also launched today is the P55 chipset, which implements a new system architecture that represents a significant break with Intel's past.
The launch of Core i5/i7 and the P55 represent a major step forward for Intel's desktop line, and they bring Nehalem's performance dominance of AMD's offerings onto the mainstream desktop. Intel is now well-positioned against both NVIDIA and AMD/ATI, since the former will soon be squeezed out of the high-volume Intel IGP market entirely (when the GPU goes on-die) and the latter is increasingly forced back into the bargain niche that it had so successfully escaped with the launch of the K8.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/09/intel-launches-all-new-pc-architecture-with-core-i5i7-cpus.ars
The launch of Core i5/i7 and the P55 represent a major step forward for Intel's desktop line, and they bring Nehalem's performance dominance of AMD's offerings onto the mainstream desktop. Intel is now well-positioned against both NVIDIA and AMD/ATI, since the former will soon be squeezed out of the high-volume Intel IGP market entirely (when the GPU goes on-die) and the latter is increasingly forced back into the bargain niche that it had so successfully escaped with the launch of the K8.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/09/intel-launches-all-new-pc-architecture-with-core-i5i7-cpus.ars
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