First impressions of the Nehalem microarchitecture after early testing: very positive. Many component manufacturers are waiting in the wings, ready to whip out their latest and greatest products ...

"While this is a threshold advance, it doesn't do much for me. It doesn't make my life more interesting," said Tom Amrhein, director of information services at Forrester Construction, a Rockville, Md.

See Core M. The original microarchitecture of the Core i series was code-named Nehalem. Subsequent microarchitectures were Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Haswell, etc. (see Intel microarchitectures).