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A New P4 for Intel
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Posted by: Bobaroo
From ZDnet:
On Monday, Intel will introduce two new versions of the Pentium 4 which will be code named "Northwood". The chips will run at 2.2GHz and 2.0GHz. These new chips are expected to help Intel open a competitive gap between itself and their rival AMD.
Because of the increase in cache and the boost in clock frequency, Intel will start to pull away from AMD," he said. "Even with the larger cache, (the chip) is going to be smaller."
Performance has long been a sticking point for the Pentium 4. Although it is the fastest chip on the market today, as measured by gigahertz, analysts and benchmark testers have criticized its overall performance. A 2GHz Pentium 4, for instance, provides less oomph than the Athlon XP 1800+, which runs at 1.5GHz on many benchmarks, according to testers. Gigahertz refers to the number of cycles per second--2 billion in the case of the current Pentium 4.
The disparity exists because the Pentium 4 performs less work per clock cycle than the Athlon.
The lower manufacturing cost will also let Intel continue to wage a price war against AMD. The 2.2GHz Northwood will come out at $562, the typical entry point for Pentium 4s. Prices on other Pentium 4s will be cut during January. The price war has been great for customers, but it has drastically cut Intel's profits and sent AMD into the red.
Pricing "is not going to get any better," Krewell said.
Read the whole article here.
Posted by: Tweaker
This is good news for consumers!  Although does anyone really need that much power? Soon, we will all be glowin BRIGHT GREEN like laggy's OTS site when we use one of these systems!
Posted by: Null Actor
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Originally posted by Bobaroo330
Pricing "is not going to get any better," Krewell said.
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Ha! Paper release and intel is already commited to screwing the consumer out of their cash.
Doesn't matter though, when it comes time to perform, it won't make that much of a difference. History has shown time and time again that adding cache to a processor doesn't make it magically faster.
Posted by: SKYHN
Wow! Another P4 Chip? AMAZING!
Are they really hurting for money or what?
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