INTEL core i7 with Turbo Boosting tecnology

Nehalem architecture in Core i7 includes Turbo Boosting Technology which improves the performance as well as reduces excess heating of processor. It automatically allows the each core to work more efficiently than the base operating frequency. When the processor is working below specified limits of power & temperature then the turbo boost technology comes into action of Intel i7. The Turbo Boosting Technology depends upon the number processor core active or disabled. Hyper Threading Technology is quite depends on turbo boosting technology, Together they increases the performance of multi-threaded and single threaded workload of Intel i7. When the Operating System requests the processor for highest performance state in Intel i7, Turbo boost technology is activated.

As the workload on processor & operating system, and performance needs changes, Accordingly Turbo Boosting Technology executes. The maximum frequency of Turbo Boost Technology truly depends upon the active cores. (This maximum frequency in Intel i7 is calculated by specific software)

The availability of the Turbo Boosting Technology on each core depends on following factors-

- The estimated Power Consumption of the processor
- The Temperature of the processor
- The number of Active Cores.

As this processor operating is below these specified limits results in increased work load, the processor dynamically increases the frequency by 133 MHz by short and regular intervals. This is done so as to match the user workload or possible met with the upside active cores. As conversely, if the frequency of processor exceeds (or reaches the limits) then it automatically decreases the frequency by 133 MHz which is the basic used in Turbo Boosting of i7.

Features like Overclocking & Hyper Threading of Nehalem Architecture in Intel i7 are quite depend upon this Turbo Boosting Technology. Together all these technologies results in enhanced performance as well as reduced power consumption eliminating the effects of overheating of processor.

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