Intel’s Core i7 Nehalem processor
Jan 9, 2009
Intel has moved the memory controller onto the chip itself, which has made the chip larger, which means we’ll be getting a new socket size (socket LGA1366). So you’ll need a new motherboard, basically. The front side bus (FSB) has been completely replaced by what Intel is calling QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)। QPI can outhustle FSB handily and facilitates direct communication between the CPU and ।Bloomfield adds level three cache.