Intel is planning to glaze consumer’s eyes with a new laptop chips Core i7 in the next year with  its new Nehalem microarchitecture. The chip will improve system speed and performance-per-watt and it will be an up gradation to the Intel’s Core 2 chip, which are currently used for desktops and laptops. 

Intel is integrating graphics capabilities in the CPU, which should bring more power-efficiency to laptops and as a result, there will be no requirement for an integrated graphics chipset, which will ultimately reduce power consumption.

According to Intel’s experts, the company will continue to carry the Core brand-name, but Intel will drop the numeric reference to 2 for its mainstream desktops and laptops.

Key feature of Core i7 would be QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) technology, which will integrate a memory controller and offer a quicker bus for the CPU to communicate with system components like a graphics card and other chips.

Core i7 would be in the market most probably in the second half of 2009.

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