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Pentium IV Hits 2 Ghz

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the faster-and-faster-they-go dept.

A number of people wrote in with the news that Intel released the 2 Ghz chip. The Tech-Report article points out a couple interesting meta-ideas - this is Intel's chance to retake the performance crown from AMD, as well as being one of those round numbers that makes people feel warm and fuzzy. I'm sure there's going to be gobs of benchmarks today - post 'em in the comments as you find 'em.

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  1. So many Hz, so little time... by moniker_21 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    First Pentium CPU released at 60Mhz: 1993
    1Ghz Pentium CPU released: 2000
    2Ghz Pentium CPU released: 2001

    Moore who?

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