Intel's Nehalem said to bear the 'Core i7' marketing name

AMD may not like it but Intel's Nehalem processors are closing in fast and the first models will arrive in Q4 with the latest info pointing out to an early Q4 (October) retail release. The three desktop CPUs prepped by Intel, clocked between 2.66 and 3.2 GHz, are known as Bloomfield but as you might have guessed that won't be their box-worthy name. What will that be you ask? Well, according to the guys @ Expreview the marketing name of all Nehalem-generation CPUs will be (drum roll) - Core i7.

As reported, the Core i7 name will be unveiled on Monday, August 11 when the Core i7 Extreme processors will also be officially announced. The Core i7 Extremes are LGA 1366 quad-core CPUs with eight threads that boast 8 MB of shared L3 cache and have integrated triple-channel DDR3 memory controllers. These will be paired up with Intel X58 motherboards. source:tcmagazine