Intel introduces 32nm "Westmere" Core i7, i5 and i3 chips

Altogether, in a flood, Intel has unveiled more than 25 processors, wireless adapters and chipsets. As well as the Core iX chips, there are the Intel 5 Series Chipsets, and Intel Centrino Wi-Fi and WiMAX adapters.

"For the first time, there's a new family of Intel processors with the industry's most advanced technology available immediately at virtually every PC price point," said Sean Maloney, general manager of the Intel Architecture Group.

"These smart processors adapt to an individual's needs, automatically providing a 'boost' of performance for everyday applications. They become energy efficient to the point of shutting down processing cores or reducing power consumption to provide performance when people need it, and energy efficient when they don't."

Here's an Intel video of Sanjay Natarajan - its director of logic technology development talking about creating a smaller gate pitch, higher drive performance, and using immersion lithography techniques.