The processors series core i7 appeared on the market during November, but Intel company already begins their transfer from C0 into D0 stepping.
Here we deal only with the low-end processor core i 7-920 (2.66 GHz), which is transferred in D0 stepping for both delivery versions - OEM and box. In the first case, the processors will begin to reach users on 10 April, and the first engineering models will appear in the period from 9 to 13 March. The box processors D0 stepping will appear on sale after 2 March 2009. It is possible to visually identify the D0 stepping processors :
Processor Marking will change from SLBCH to SLBEJ, value CPUID - from 0x000106A4 to 0x000106A5. Nothing was communicated about the changes in the electrical and thermal characteristics, The new processors require a Bios update . Related Products :
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