We got our hands on a Core i7 "Nehalem" CPU (pics)

We compare in pictures to a Socket 775 processor.

@camwilmot

Published Oct 8, 2008 1:50 AM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 1:38 PM CST

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Intel's forthcoming Core i7 lineup of codenamed Nehalem processors are not due to go on sale till the second part of next month.

However, that didn't stop us getting our hands on an engineering sample Core i7 920 processor clocked at 2.66GHz (133MHz x 20) from a secret bunker hidden well underground... :)

We got our hands on a Core i7 Nehalem CPU (pics)

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Check it out below - we compared it in size to an old dual-core Celeron Socket 775 processor.

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That is about all we can say or Intel will really kill us more than they might already.

Cameron Wilmot

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