Leading computer chip manufacturer, Intel, today announced details of new Core i5 and Core i7 chips, releasing their key features and other attributes. Intel's Core i7 processor is designed through complex architecture to support juicy multi-threaded performance to serve the needs of workstation and server systems.

The Intel chip, coded as Lynnfield, will be sold as both Core i5 and Core i7 processors. But Hyper Threading makes a big difference between both processors. While Core i5 CPUs don't support HyperThreading and is thus limited to crunch four threads; Core i7 supports HyperThreading and can simultaneously crunch two software threads per core and eight in total.

The Core i5 750 comes roughly at $200 while Core i7 processor bears price tag of $555, with both slightly different in terms of performance. The new chips also supports
1,156-pin processor socket, as a result of which the same firm will brand two entirely different and mutually incompatible Core i7 processors.

However, time will decide the success of the Core i7 800-series CPUs, as compared to the Core i7 900-series chips, both on quality-wise and on marketing levels.