Intel has officially unveiled its Sandy Bridge 2011 Core processor series, with the 29 new second-gen Core i3, i5 and i7 chips replacing the existing… News Tech ...

At the high-end, Intel's reign as offering the most cores and the most powerful CPU is going to come to an end when AMD's confirmed 32-core 2nd Generation Threadripper lands in the next few months.

For the Core chips, you can see either the plain numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9 (e.g., Core 9 processor 270H) or the tiers i3, i5, i7, ... Identifying Your Computer's Intel CPU Generation.

Intel Core i7 11700K - Best i7 processor 12th generation Intel CPU - Alder Lake The 12th generation processors are known as Alder Lake and boast 10-nm transistor technology with hybrid capabilities.

For instance, Core i9-9900K belongs to the ninth generation (9900K starts with 9), Core i3-1315U to the 13th generation (1315U starts with 13), and Core i7-10210U to the tenth generation (10210U ...