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Intel Nahalem Chip Moniker Begets "Core i7" Branding [Intel]
Gizmodo — ... a bunch of times this year got an official name today, and in typical Intel fashion the subdued moniker does little to betray the speedy goodness housed within. The chip set will be called Core i7 in its first generation of products, and is also the first of Intel's processors to sport all four cores on a single piece of silicon. A black label version called the Extreme Edition will arrive alongside the standard i7, and will be geared more toward the high end market. [CNET] ...

Intel Nehalem Chip Moniker Begets "Core i7" Branding [Intel]
Gizmodo — ... a bunch of times this year got an official name today, and in typical Intel fashion the subdued moniker does little to betray the speedy goodness housed within. The chip set will be called Core i7 in its first generation of products, and is also the first of Intel's processors to sport all four cores on a single piece of silicon. A black label version called the Extreme Edition will arrive alongside the standard i7, and will be geared more toward the high end market. [CNET] ...

Intel Core i7 Processor Mac Pros and Xserves on the way?
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Intel Nehalem chips have been slated to go into Mac Pro type workstations since the codename was revealed in Intel's roadmap two years ago.  Now those chips, and by extension, those workstations are a lot closer to fruition.  That's because Intel has officially revealed the branding for the next wave of high end processors according to C|Net.  Next stop product launch...which is looking like late 2008 (unless you are MaximumPC) Intel's description of i7: Dynamic scalability, managed cores, threads, cache, interfaces, and power for energy-efficient performance on demand. ...