• Intel Launches Core i3, i5, i7 CPUs

    Intel Launches Core i3, i5, i7 CPUs

    Techtree News Staff, Jan 08, 2010 1619 hrs IST

    Brings new Core i3, i5 and i7 processors for desktop and mobile platform

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Intel has launched new family of Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors for desktop and mobile platform. With variety of clock speeds and price points, Intel has finally expanded their Core CPU family with 11 mobile processors which also include ultra-low voltage processors and six desktop processors. Finally, Intel's 32nm Westmere architecture based Arrandale chips for mobile platform and Clarkdale chips for desktop platform arrived. Yesterday, Acer had announced Intel Core i3 and Core i5 clad laptops.

Mobile Platform

At the Intel Developer Forum 2009 in Sept, Intel had  introduced new Core i7-720QM, Core i7-820QM and Core i7-920XM chips. Just three months after that, Intel has introduced new dual-core 2.66GHz Intel Core i7-620M processor with TDP rating of 35W. Four other low-voltage dual-core Intel Core i7 chips were introduced of which two are for low-voltage family (2.0GHz Core i7-620LM and 2.13GHz Core i7-640LM) and other two are for ultra-low voltage family (1.06GHz Core i7-620UM and 1.2GHz Core i7-640UM).

Both pairs of low-voltage and ultra-low voltage processors will offer Intel Turbo Boost Technology to increase the performance. The low-voltage Intel Core i7 mobile chips have TDP rating of 25W while the ultra-low Core i7 chips have TDP rating of 18W

Along came the two new Intel Core i3 and three new Core i5 mobile processors. Out of these the new Core i3 processors are clocked between 2.13GHz for Core i3-330M and 2.26GHz for Core i3-350M. Both processors have Thermal Design Power rating of 35W. These Core i3 will probably come for light-weight notebooks but won't offer Intel Turbo Boost Technology to increase the CPU clock speed for higher performance.





While the new dual-core Core i5 mobile chips include 2.26GHz Core i5-430M, 2.4 GHz Core i5-520M and 2.53GHz Core i5-540M. These Core i5 mobile chips have TDP rating of 35W. All three mobile chips feature Intel's Turbo Boost technology and hence can be overclocked for higher performance. Also, one ultra-low voltage dual-core 1.06GHz Intel Core i5-520UM chip was added in the Core i5 mobile chips family.

All ultra-low voltage Core iX chips will support 800MHz DDR3 while the rest will support 1066MHz DDR3 memory.

Desktop Platform

For the desktop segment, the Clarkdale processors include two Core i3 and four Core i5 processors. The two dual-core Core i3 processors include 2.93GHz clocked Core i3-530 and 3.06GHz clocked Core i3-540 processor. These processors won't have Intel Turbo Boost Technology support but can support Intel Virtualization Technology. These Core i3 chips will have TDP rating of 73W. 

Moving ahead, the four dual-core Core i5 chips include 3.2GHz Core i5-650, 3.33GHz Core i5-660, 3.33GHz Core i5-661 and 3.46GHz Core i5-670 microprocessors. These Core i5 chips will feature Intel Turbo Boost technology, Intel Virtualization Technology and will have TDP of 73W while Core i5 will have TDP of 83W.





Intel's 32nm fabrication process made Westmere platform includes CPU core, 45nm integrated graphics controller and integrated memory controller on the same CPU die.

Expect to see more laptops and desktops to come out during and after the CES 2010.

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(8) Comments
KUNAL MORYA
,DELHI, on Jan 27, 2011 07:28 PM
I LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE WHOLE COMPUTER OF I -7 WHAT THE PRICE IN INDIA. WHICH HAVE 500 HDD, 2GB RAM, 1GB G CARD.
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Jon
,Wind Gap, on Jan 08, 2010 06:53 PM
Ever since they started with multiple cores, I have lost sense of their relative speed. Can you generally multiply the core speed and the amount of cores to get a rough estimate of how fast a CPU is? For example; The dual-core Core i3 processors with 2.93GHz clocked Core, could be relative to a 5.86Hz single core?
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Brent
,Rossford, on Jan 08, 2010 07:08 PM
Not really. The issue lies with how software is coded to handle multiple cores. Most applications only use one processor core to do their dirty work. So in the current state, a dual core 2.93Ghz will be faster than a quad core 2.66Ghz for a lot of things. The benefits of 4 cores vs 2 comes when you look at applications that CAN use all the cores to divide up work. Video rendering with Adobe AfterEffects CS4 for example, uses multiple cores. For the end user, higher clocked dual cores are better for now, but to future proof, more cores will eventually be faster once the software catches up to fully utilize such power.
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manish vishnoi
,jodhpur, on May 16, 2010 08:03 PM
I want to know about new processor technology and lenovo leptop all the series
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manish vishnoi
,jodhpur, on May 16, 2010 08:01 PM
I want to know about new processor technology and lenovo leptop all the series
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Bill
,Laguna Niguel, CA, on Jan 13, 2010 11:56 PM
Am I correct that the processor tables in the article are switched? It would seem so from the table headings and the "m" suffixes.
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Martin
,York, on Jan 11, 2010 04:19 AM
Intel should release more processors for smartphones (iphone, n900) running linux (android, maemo). They are too MS Windows orientated.
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Caleb
,Sandy, on Jan 09, 2010 08:33 PM
These ones are still at least a little future proofed because they each have 4 threads also. So they can run up to 8 threads at a time and most programs aren't going to take up the whole power of the core, and also you seem to be thinking from the perspective of a gamer, in which case the real benefit will of extra cores will only come from newer games that take advantage of it. But many people run tons of programs at once which can be handled by the 8 threads that the i3 is running, taking advantage of a bit of the possible power. But if you are looking for something with processing power for one powerful app, then you should look at one the processors with turbo which will lend power from one core to the other for single thread apps.
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