Despite the enthusiasm for the transition to 32nm process technology, in 2010 the Quad-Core Intel 45 nanometer remain. Intel company will continue to sell the older generation 45nm Nehalem processors and the new Nehalem, better known as 45nm processors Lynnfield.

Lynnfield processors were presented in the third / fourth quarters of 2009, and Intel has been planning to update this proposal.Processor Intel Core i7 880, scheduled for the second quarter of 2010, clocked at 3.06GHz and its four core capable of handling up to eight data streams simultaneously, thanks to technology HyperThreading, and by using the Turbo can be accelerated to 3.73GGts.

Lynnfield has improved memory controller that supports memory type DDR3 with a frequency of 1066MHz and 1333MHz, while the first generation Nehalem processors can officially support DDR3 memory with 800MHz and 1066MHz. Power consumption of the future processor is 95Vt, this model will support the socket LGA1156, of course, to work together with the 5-Series chipsets, except for the chipset X58, which supports the socket LGA1366.

CPU Core i7 880 will have to coexist with the Core i7 870, which operates at 2.93GGts and was introduced last year.