Intel first introduced the SSE4.2 instruction set extension with the Nehalem architecture in the Core i7-920, i7-940 and i7-965 Extreme. Since then, it has been integrated into all Core i models.

There will be more configurations available in time, including less expensive options, but for now, the cheapest XPS 15 (9530) you can buy is $2,250 for a Core i7-13700H CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB ...

The Intel Core series launched in 2008 with a series of Core i7 processors that utilized the company’s Nehalem microarchitecture. Each of the three processors — the i7-920, the i7-940, and the i7-965 ...

Pricing for the chips has also been revealed, confirming the earlier leaks, as $284 for the 2.66GHz Core i7 920, $562 for the 2.93GHz Core i7 940, and $999 for the 3.20GHz Core i7 Extreme 965.

More cache: Core i7 chips carry either 6MB or 4MB of cache. Core i5 chips run the gamut here. Older chips (pre-Broadwell) often carry 3MB, while Skylake and Kaby Lake chips are sometimes 4-6MB.

The even older Bloomfield Core processors are still waiting on patches to exit the pre-beta stage, as is the Clarksfield chip family. The latter, which included a Core i7 Extreme mobile processor ...

Even if we charitably consider the Core i7-4790K's 4.2GHz clock speed as the start of its overclocking range, we only managed to push our core up to 4.6GHz -- a meager 9.5%.

At price-points sure to make the remaining AMD execs cringe, Intel is pricing its top-end Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition at $990, and the step-down Core i7-3960K at $555 (both per 1,000). The ...

Certainly where the multithreading counts those extra two Nehalem cores make themselves known, but the second-gen Core CPU can be overclocked to duck below 30 seconds in Cinebench too.

We've also posted information on overclocking Nehalem, even under extreme conditions, as well as well as the previous high-end Gulftown-based Core i7 980X Extreme Edition six-core chip.

Intel has introduced a new six-core processor, the Core i7 990X Extreme Edition, and simultaneously cut prices for its previous top-end Extreme Edition offerings (going 34% lower with the Core i7 ...