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| Intel i7: The fastest processor to date. |
According to Intel, this new processor holds a new world record of 117 for the SPECint_base_rate2006 benchmark test that measures the performance of a processor. This score is remarkably good as this is the first time ever for any single processor to exceed a score of 100 points.
Intel's Digital Enterprise Group Senior Vice President and General Manager, Patrick Gelsinger said, "Intel has delivered the fastest desktop processor on Earth to the most demanding users on Earth, the ones who are using their PCs for video, gaming and music. When you couple what is Intel's biggest leap in chip design with other incredible innovations like Intel's solid state drives, the Core i7 processor has redefined the computer of tomorrow."
Intel's unique Turbo Boost
Technology accelerates performance to match a computer user's needs and workloads. Through a sophisticated on-die power control unit and using new "power gate" transistors based on Intel's advanced 45 nanometer, high-k metal gate manufacturing process, Turbo Boost automatically adjusts the clock speed of one or more of the four individual processing cores for single- and multi-threaded applications to boost performance, without increasing power consumption.
