Intel Core i7

Intel Core i7 is a family of three Intel desktop x86-64 processors, the first processors released using the Intel Nehalem microarchitecture and the successor to the Intel Core 2 family. All three current models and two upcoming models are quad-core processors.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The Core i7 identifier applies to the initial family of processors^[5]^[6] codenamed Bloomfield.^[7] Intel representatives state that the moniker Core i7 is meant to help consumers decide which processor to purchase as the newer Nehalem-based products are released in future^[8]. The name continues the use of the Core brand.^[9] Core i7, first assembled in Costa Rica,^[10] was officially launched on November 17, 2008^[11] and is manufactured in Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon, though the Oregon plant is moving to the next generation 32 nm process. (More on Wikipedia)