Intel officially introduced its new Core i7 CPU, which is expected to provide a significantly better performance than the company’s previous releases.

According to Intel, the Core i7 should deliver a performance improved with at least 40 percent when it comes to processing intensive applications, through its Turbo Boost Technology addition, which accelerates performance in order to match a computer user’s needs and also the workload of the system at the time.

"The Core i7 processor speeds video editing (and) immersive games...by up to 40 percent without increasing power consumption," Intel explained in a statement.

Calculating the needs of the system, the on-die power control unit sets the clock speed of one or more of the cores inside the CPU.

Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, believes that the combination between the i7 and the super-fast solid state drives will significantly improve performance. "When you couple what is Intel's biggest leap in chip design with other incredible innovations like Intel's solid state drives, the Core i7 processor has redefined the computer of tomorrow," he said in a recent statement.

Among the features included in the offer are QuickPath, used to double the memory bandwidth of previous Intel "Extreme" platforms, and also Hyper-Threading Technology, which permits multiple computing threads to run simultaneously, enabling the chip to cover two actions at the same time.

There are several available processors, including the Core i7-965 Extreme Edition that runs 3.20 GHz at $999 and the i7-940 running 2.93 GHz for $562 and the i7-920 at 2.66 GHz for $284.