Saturday, February 21, 2009

There will also be energy-efficient chips for Nehalem


It is no secret that the Core i7 is the world's most powerful processors for desktop systems at the moment. Of course, one can argue as long as you want on the accelerating potential of Phenom II Deneb, but the fact remains that Core i7 will still powerful, and the Phenom II still can compete with those models, the Core 2 Quad, which are positioned in the mid-range, such as Core Quad Q9300 and 9400. On the other hand, output power, and energy efficiency, as there are areas of application, where Bloomfield just can not be used. And like all the power!

According to Electronista, in the Nehalem family will soon start seeing energy-efficient processors, and they will be positioned in the market segment, currently dominated by processors Core 2 Quad S. It is possible that this will be one of the versions of Lynnfield, and the idea of such processors will have TDP not more than 65 Watts.

According to the plan of Intel, the massive supply of the CPU should start early next year. They are expected to be used in compact desktop systems, SFF (Small Form Factor), such as HP Firebird 800 or a next-generation iMac. It should be noted that at the moment, HP is among the only major vendor who uses the Core 2 Quad S in their products.