Mainstream Nehalem: Lynnfield comparison photo revealed

JC at Xfastest posted some comparison photos of the yet-to-come mainstream Nehalem CPU, the Lynnfield and sever model Gainestown.

Lynnfield is scheduled to launch in Q4 2009. This version of Nehalem uses Socket LGA1160. Rather than the high end QPI link, Lynnfield sticks on DMI link, and only supports dual channel DDR3 memory.

(DMI, Direct Media Interface is Intel’s Northbridge-Southbridge link. Currently it is used on all Intel mobos. But in next gen mainstream mobo DMI will become the link between CPU and southbridge.)

From left to right: Lynnfield, Yorkfield, Gainestown

PCB is obviously bigger than the LGA775 Yorkfield.

The back Intel Nehalem

[Pics via：Xfastest]

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