Intel has officially launched its first processors based on Nehalem microarchitecture, Core i7. Based on the new socket 1366, these 45-nm processors has four cores, integrated DD3 memory controller, 8 MB of L3 cache, HyperThreading technology, QuickPath Interconnect bus and are paired with Intel X58 chipset. Three models were launched, as you can see below.

Model	Internal Clock	Price (1,000-unit)
965 (Extreme Edition)	3.2 GHz	USD 999
940	2.93 GHz	USD 562
920	2.66 GHz	USD 284

Please read our tutorial Inside Intel Nehalem Microarchitecture in order to understand how Core i7 processors works internally.

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