Intel® Microarchitecture (Nehalem)

Intel's latest-generation microarchitecture first exemplified as the Intel® Core™ i7 processor, represents the next step in unprecedented processor performance and dynamic scalability. Designed from the ground up to take advantage of hafnium-based Intel® 45nm hi-k metal gate silicon technology, Intel® Microarchitecture (Nehalem) unleashes parallel processing performance enabled by Intel® QuickPath technology providing an integrated memory controller and high-speed interconnect per independent processing core.

Maximum multitasking performance Intel® Microarchitecture (Nehalem) offers the latest in processor innovation, including:

Dynamic scalability, managed cores, threads, cache, interfaces, and power for energy-efficient performance on demand.
Design and performance scalability for servers, workstations, notebooks and desktops with support for 2-8+ cores and up to 16+ threads with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology), and scalable cache sizes, system interconnects, and integrated memory controllers.
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology delivers additional performance automatically when needed by taking advantage of the processor's power and thermal headroom. This enables increased performance of both multi-threaded and single-threaded workloads.
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology brings high-performance applications into mainstream computing with 1-16+ threads optimized for a new generation multi-core processor architecture.
Scalable shared memory of Intel® QuickPath technology features memory distributed to each processor with integrated memory controllers and high-speed point-to-point interconnects to unleash the performance of future versions of next-generation Intel® multi-core processors.
Multi-level shared cache improves performance and efficiency by reducing latency to frequently used data.

Learn more about Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem)

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The Future of Intel® Architecture (9:37)

Intel Senior Fellow Steve Pawlowski explores the next 10 years of challenges and innovation for Intel architecture.

Nehalem: Next-Gen microarchitecture (6:22)

Intel's next-generation Nehalem is a dynamically scalable microarchitecture that delivers breakthrough energy-efficient performance.

Intel® QuickPath Architecture (6:14)

Introducing Intel's next-gen distributed shared memory architecture featuring high speed interconnects.

The catalyst for industry innovation

Following the new Intel 45nm Hi-k metal gate silicon technology, Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem) is the next step in Intel's "tick-tock" product strategy and cadence to deliver a new process technology with an enhanced or entirely new microarchitecture every year.