The new Intel Core i7 (Bloomfield) processor

The Core i7 (Nehalem) processor series is the first multi-core design from Intel to have its cores joined in a single die. It features...

• Four processing cores.
  
• Support for SMT (simultaneous multi-threading), allowing up to 8 threads to be processed simultaneously.
  
• 32 KB instruction + 32 KB data L1 cache per core256 KB L2 cache per core.
  
• Large 8 MB L3 cache shared by all 4 cores.
  
• An integrated memory controller (IMC) supporting three channels of DDR3 memory - Memory clock speeds of up to 1333 MHz - Memory bandwidth of up to 32 GB/s - Up to 6 memory sockets.
  
• The new Intel Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) replaces the front side bus (FSB).
  
• Addition of 7 new SSE4 instructions.
• Monolithic processor design (all four cores on a single die).
  
• Fabricated using Intel's 45nm high-k process technology

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