Intel Core i7 is Nehalem Bloomfield CPU Brand

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Intel Core i7 brand name leaked on HKEPC through what seems to be official Intel logo graphics and slides. The Nehalem based Bloomfield CPUs are supposed to carry the Intel Core i7 brand.
The Intel Core i7 CPUs would start shipping in September, but could be actually be delayed to October as motherboard vendors are supposedly not ready with X58 motherboards.

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Intel Core i7 official
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Posted on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:55:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Intel Nehalem Bloomfield CPUs already coming in September

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Digitimes reports that Intel is supposedly launching the Nehalem-based Bloomfield processors earlier than planned.

Intel was scheduled to release the Bloomfield CPUs in December. Now the rumored launch date is September with CPUs and motherboards actually appearing in the channel in October. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Intel Bloomfield Mianboards will Support SLI

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NVIDIA announced today that it will be bringing its SLI technology to the coming Bloomfield CPUs from Intel. Platforms running the Bloomfield CPUs will be able to utilize one, two or three of NVIDIA’s GPUs all the way up to the GTX 280 and GTX 260 cards.

The new mainboards for the processor will feature the nForce 200 SLI processor, Bloomfield CPUs and Tylersburg X58 chipsets. This is good news for fans of Intel mainboards; typically Intel boards support ATI’s Crossfire over NVIDIA SLI. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:47:09 CDT | by Shane McGlaun