# New intel "i" processors

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-intel-i-processors/307741>\
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**Created:** [April 9, 2010, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-intel-i-processors/307741 "2010-04-09T12:03:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![randomagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-intel-i-processors/307741/1 "2010-04-09T12:03:00Z")

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so at a glance they are quad processors, with some extra dohicky and faster processing speed, 2.5 to 3Ghz

just wondering how much is hype?

there seemed to be some issue that quad cores are wasted for most aps?