At the Computex trade show being held in Taiwan, chip giant Intel said in an announcement that it is shipping a new Core i7 chip for gamers. The chip runs at 4.4GHz, and it can be overclocked to 5GHz.

Intel is one of the companies that are showcasing their new technology at the Computex show, which is the biggest computer and technology show in Asia. Other than announcing the new Core i7 chip for gamers, Intel also used the Computex platform to announce that it has developed a computer display which can be controlled with hand motions; and said that it is working on wireless charging for laptops and other devices.

About the new Core i7 chip for gamers, Intel said that the Core i7-4790K is a quad-core chip which is based on the Haswell micro-architecture.

According to the other details shared by Intel, the new Core i7-4790K chip draws 88 watts of power and has 8MB of cache for improved performance. The chip features integrated graphics and memory controllers, and can support the newest I/O technologies. Moreover, the chip also boasts support for multithreading and allows cores to process two tasks simultaneously.

About the new Core i7-4790K chip, Intel President Renee James said during a keynote address at the Computex show that the chip is essentially aimed at gaming desktops. James also added that the chip has the capability to run at over 4GHz under normal conditions, though it can be overclocked to 5GHz in air-cooled systems.