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PRODUCT BRIEF
Intel® Core™ i7 and
Core™ i5 Processors
Embedded Computing
Intel® Core™ i7-860 and Core™ i5-750
Processors for Embedded Computing
Product Overview
Based on 45nm process technology,
Intel® Core™ i7-860
processors feature quad-core processing and Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
to meet the needs of compute-intensive
embedded applications. The Intel Core
i7-860 processor also features Intel®
Hyper-Threading Technology
enables simultaneous multi-threading
within each processor core.
When paired with the Intel® Q57 chipset,
these platforms provide outstanding
performance for a variety of market
segments, including retail, digital signage,
digital security surveillance, gaming,
medical, communications and industrial
automation and control.
The dual-channel integrated memory
controller supports high-speed data transfer, providing lower memory latency in a
two-chip solution, with board real estate
savings over previous three-chip platforms.
Developers can create one board design
and scale their product line with a variety
of processors using the same socket. While
incorporating advanced technology, these
processors remain software-compatible
with previous IA-32 processors. Additionally, Intel provides an extensive ecosystem
of development support focused on the
embedded market.
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Product Highlights
Innovative Integration: An integrated
high-speed, 1333 MHz dual-channel DDR3
memory controller and exible x16 PCI
Express* 2.0 controller are integrated
with the processor.
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology: Applications take advantage of higher speed
execution on demand by using available
processor thermal headroom to let the
individual processor cores run at a
higher frequency.
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology:
Simultaneous multi-threading boosts
performance for parallel, multi-threaded
applications. It delivers two processing
threads per physical core for a total of
eight threads, signicantly enhancing
computational throughput and multitasking capabilities (Intel Core
i7-860 processor only).
Intel® Intelligent Power Technology
Reduces idle power consumption through
architectural improvements such as
integrated power gates and automated
low-power states.
Intel® vPro™ Technology: Delivers
unprecedented hardware support for
vital security and management functions
with Intel® Virtualization Technology,
Intel® Active Management Technology,
and Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
(Intel Core i7-860 processor only).
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Intel® Q57 Chipset
Management Engine
Clock
Buffer
I/O
Display
Intel® Core™ i7-860
or Intel® Core™ i5-750
Processor
Display
PCI Express* x16 Graphics
(1x16 Graphics or 2x8 I/O)
Dual-Channel DDR3
1066/1333
Integrated Memory
Controller
Software Overview
The following independent operating system and BIOS vendors provide support for these platforms.
OPERATING SYSTEM CONTAC T BIOS
Vista* SP2 Intel provides drivers
Windows Server* 2003/2008 Intel provides drivers
Windows* 7 Intel provides drivers
Windows 7 Embedded Intel provides drivers
Microsoft Windows* XP SP3 Intel provides drivers
Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard (XPe) Intel provides drivers
Microsoft Windows Embedded POSReady ( WEPOS) Intel provides drivers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 4.6 Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5.1 Red Hat
Fedora Core* 10 Red Hat
SUSE SLE* 11 Novell
Wind River Linux* 3.0 Wind River
Wind River VxWorks* 6.8 Wind River
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American Megatrends
Insyde Software
Phoenix Technologies
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Platform Features and Benets
FEATURES BENEFITS
Supports key embedded
platform requirements Ideal for compute-intensive embedded applications.
Extended life cycle product support
Embedded ecosystem support
Intelligent performance Delivers optimum efficiency by adapting performance to embedded application needs.
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
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Intel® QuickPath Technology
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Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
(i7-860 only)
Intel® Advanced Smart Cache
Intel® Intelligent Power Technology
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Integrated power gates
Automated low-power states
Intel® vPro™ Technology
Intel® Active Management Technology
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6.0
(Intel® AMT) (i7-860 only)
Intel® Virtualization Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
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(i7-860 only)
Protects system investment by enabling extended product availability for embedded customers.
Along with a strong ecosystem of hardware and software vendors, including members of the Intel®
Embedded Alliance (intel.com/go/eca), Intel helps to cost-effectively meet development challenges
and speed time-to-market.
Boosts performance for specific workloads by increasing processor frequency.
Delivers bandwidth improvement for data-intensive applications.
Enables simultaneous multi-threading within each processor core, up to two threads per core, or up
to eight threads per processor; reduces computational latency, making optimal use of every clock cycle.
Large on-die shared Last Level Cache reduces latency to data, improving performance and power efficiency.
Automated energy-efficiency capabilities reduce power consumption.
Reduces idle processor cores to near zero power when not in use to help conserve power and lower
operating costs.
Adjusts system power consumption based on real-time processor loads.
Remote management, flexible virtualization and enhanced security enable solutions that
are reliable, trusted, and cost-effective.
The latest remote management and maintenance capabilities enable IT professionals to query, fix, and
protect networked embedded devices, even when they’re powered off, not responding or have software
issues. As part of Intel vPro technology, Intel AMT helps perform remote asset tracking and checks the
presence of management agents virtually anytime. Also, devices can be remotely turned on/off to reduce
energy consumption during non-peak operating times.
Speeds the transfer of platform control and movement of data between the virtual machine monitor (VMM)
and other platform agents (including guest OSs and I/O devices). By lowering the workload on the VMM, this
technology addresses many embedded system design challenges, like migrating legacy software, increasing
real-time performance, and making applications more secure.
Protects embedded devices and virtual environments against rootkit and other system level attacks. Using
an industry-standard TPM 1.2 to store keys and other protected data, this portion of Intel vPro technology
boots the BIOS, operating system and software into a “trusted” execution state, verifying the integrity of
the virtual machine and protecting the platform from unauthorized access.
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Intel® Core™ i7-860 and Core™ i5-750 Processors for Embedded Computing
CORE FREQUENCY (GHz)
PROCESSOR NUMBER∆
Intel® Core™ i7-860
Intel® Core™ i5-750
PROCESSOR NUMBER
Intel® Core™ i7-860
Intel® Core™ i5-750
CORES/
THREADS
4/8 2.80 3.46 3.33 N/A 2.93 8 MB 95 W L G A11 5 6
4/4 2.66 3.20 3.20 N /A 2.80 8 MB 95 W LG A115 6
INTEL®
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TURBO BOOST
TECHNOLOGY
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BASE
FREQUENCY
INTEL® HYPERTHREADING
TECHNOLOGY
1 CORE
TURBO
2 CORE
TURBO
INTEL®
VIRTUALIZATION
TECHNOLOGY
3 CORE
TURBO
4 CORE
TURBO
LAST
LEVEL
CACHE
THERMAL
DESIGN
POWER PACKAGE
INTEL® vPRO™ TECHNOLOGY
INTEL® ACTIVE
MANAGEMENT
TECHNOLOGY 6.0
INTEL® TRUSTED
EXECUTION TECHNOLOGY
Intel in Embedded and Communications: intel.com/embedded
∆ Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. See www.intel.com/products/processor_number <http://www.intel.com/
products/processor_number> for details.
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Intel® Turbo Boost Technology requires a Platform with a processor with Intel Turbo Boost Technology capability. Intel Turbo Boost Technology performance varies depending on hardware, software and overall system conguration. Check with
your plat form manufa cturer on wheth er your system del ivers Intel Turbo B oost Technology. For m ore informat ion, see www.i ntel.com/te chnology/t urboboost .
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Hyper-Threading Technology requires a computer system with a processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology and an HT Technology enabled chipset, BIOS and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specic hardware
and software you use. See www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading/ for more information including details on which processors support HT Technology.
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Intel® Intelli gent Power Technol ogy requires a c omputer system w ith an enabled I ntel® processor, chipset, BIOS and for some features, an operating system enabled for it. Functionality or other benets may vary depending on hardware
implementation and may require a BIOS and/or operating system update. Please check with your system vendor for details.
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Intel® Virt ualization Techn ology requir es a computer sys tem with an enabl ed Intel® processor, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM) and, for some uses, certain computer system software enabled for it. Functionality, performance or other
benets will vary depending on hardware and software congurations and may require a BIOS update. Software applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Please check with your application vendor.
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Intel® Active M anagement Techno logy require s the computer sy stem to have an Intel® AMT-enabled chipset, network hardware and software, as well as connection with a power source and a corporate network connection. Setup requires
conguration by the purchaser and may require scripting with the management console or further integration into existing security frameworks to enable certain functionality. It may also require modications of implementation of new business
processes. With regard to notebooks, Intel AMT may not be available or certain capabilities may be limited over a host OS-based VPN or when connecting wirelessly, on battery power, sleeping, hibernating or powered off. For more information,
see www.intel.com/technology/platform-technology/intel-amt/.
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No computer system can provide absolute security under all conditions. Intel® Trusted Exe cution Technolo gy (Intel® TXT ) requires a com puter system wit h Intel® Virtualization Technology, an Intel TXT-enabled processor, chipset, BIOS,
Authenticated Code Modules and an Intel TXT-compatible measured launched environment (MLE). The MLE could consist of a virtual machine monitor, an OS or an application. In addition, Intel TXT requires the system to contain a TPM v1.2,
as dene d by the Trusted Comp uting Group and s pecic sof tware for some u ses. For more inf ormation, se e http://ww w.intel.com/ technology/ security.
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Drivers avai lable at: downl oadcenter.inte l.com (enter chip set name).
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