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Intel Discontinues Extreme Edition P4

Posted by timothy on from the only-diamonds-are-forever dept.

bizpile writes "X-bit Labs reports that Intel is stopping production of its Extreme Edition Pentium 4s. The company said in its statement sent to clients, 'Market demand for the Intel Pentium 4 processor Extreme Edition supporting Hyper-Threading technology 3.20GHz with 800MHz processor system bus in mPGA478 packaging has shifted to higher performance Intel processors.'"

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  1. Twisted Words by Jozer99 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You make it sound like the whole "Extreme Edition" processor line is cancled. This is not true. They are just dropping the oldest processor in the lineup, which was a little too slow to be considered "ultimate performance" like the rest of the lineup.