Intel Core

Computer chip line

Intel Core is a line of microprocessors made by Intel Corporation, powering most personal computers since the mid-2000s.

The brand appears with modifiers indicating performance tier: Core i3, i5, i7, and i9, with higher numbers suggesting greater capability.

My laptop has an Intel Core i7.

The naming has become shorthand for a computer's processing power.

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clock speed · instruction set · turbo boost · overclocking · benchmark test · thermal paste · cloud computing · task manager · blue screen · semiconductor · Moore's Law

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competing cpu brand/architecture

Intel CoreAMD

Processor and GPU manufacturer

instruction set architecture

Intel CoreARM

Reduced instruction processor standard

Raspberry Pi

computing component type

Intel CoreGPU

Visual processing hardware

graphics card

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