It appears the rumors are true. The next-generation Intel Nehalem architecture (successor to the Core 2 family) will be branded Core i7, at least for the Bloomfield versions.The picture of release information is also getting a little clearer. Intel's original Q3 2008 promise might be a little more like very late Q3 to Q4 date for the processor being released in anything remotely approaching "volume." These will all be higher end processors with three models ranging from $284 to $999 in thousand lots. Low-end and mobile CPUs are due in Q3 2009. I'll go out on a limb and say that some price cuts/new models will introduce some sort of mid-high end CPUs around the Q1/Q2 2009 time frame, with Core 2 still being a strong low-mid contender through 1H 2009.
The Bloomfield logo is pictured at right, with the Extreme part (at the $999 price point) supposedly sporting a black/grey logo.
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