Intel® Core™ i5 Mobile Processor Family
Just noticed that the Intel 15 Mobile CPUs are actually 2 cores with hyperthreading .
http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?familyID=43483&MarketSegment=MBL&wapkw=ALL(470UM+i5+560M+i7+mobile)
Look at Sandy Bridge
http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?codeName=29900
Some I5s are 2 core some 4
Some I7s are 2 core some 4.
Also there is a chipset design flaws with the Sandy Bridge CPUs:
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4212726/Intel-has-late-metal-fix-for-design-error?cid=NL_EETimesWIR
I originally understood that:
- I3 was 2 core
- I5 was 4 core no hyperthreading
- I7 was 4 core with hyperthreading .. but alas!
I guess that they should have specified, say, an I4 which is 2 core + hyperthreading.