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Intel Core i7 is Intel's brand name for several families of desktop and laptop 64-bit x86-64 processors using the Intel Nehalem microarchitecture.

It is a successor to the Intel Core 2 brand.^[1][2][3][4] The Core i7 identifier was first applied to the initial family of processors^[5][6] codenamedBloomfield introduced in 2008. In 2009 the name was applied to Lynnfield and Clarksfield models. ^[7] Prior to 2010, all models were quad-core processors. In 2010, the name was applied to dual-core Arrandale models, and the Gulftown Core i7-980X Extreme processor which has six hyperthreaded cores.

Intel representatives state that the moniker Core i7 is meant to help consumers decide which processor to purchase as the newer Nehalem-based products are released in the future.^[8] The name continues the use of the Intel Core brand.^[9] Core i7, first assembled in Costa Rica,^[10]was officially launched on November 17, 2008^[11] and is manufactured in Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon, though the Oregon (PTD, Fab D1D) plant has already moved to the next generation 32 nm process.