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The Evolution of Intel's Core i Processors

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With the recent arrival of Intel's 4th generation Core i "Haswell" CPUs, we thought we'd take a look back at the evolution of the consumer based Core i series. It's been quite a journey over the last few years!

Series Released Representative CPUs First Supported
iSeries1.png
Clarkdale & Lynnfield
September 2009
(Lynnfield)
January 2010
(Clarkdale)
i3-530
i5-750
i7-860
10.6.2
iSeries2.png
Sandy Bridge
January 2011 i3-2105
i5-2500K
i7-2600K
10.6.8
10.7.0
iSeries3.png
Ivy Bridge
April 2012 i3-3225
i5-3570K
i7-3770K
10.7.5
10.8.0
iSeries4.png
Haswell
June 2013 i3 (unreleased)
i5-4670K
i7-4770K
10.8.5 (edit)


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Just a heads up, the last link for the Clarkdale is broken
 
Yea it was based on the 1156, 1155, and 1150 desktop sockets, ie the 1st-4th generation "consumer" series. The 1366 and 2011 sockets weren't included.
 
It would be great to see how long it took apple to adopt each architecture. Love the images by the way
 
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