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Dual-Core Pentium 4 Slated For 2Q 2005

Posted by timothy on from the also-makes-toast dept.

Quantrell writes "Today is the first full day of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, and Intel has announced that dual-core Pentium 4s are coming in the second quarter, one in the Extreme Edition line (no surprise there), and also the Smithfield Pentium 4 800 series, which is the next so-called consumer desktop line. No word on pricing, yet."

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  1. About time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Twice the inefficiency!

    1. Re:About time... by eric_brissette · · Score: 3, Funny

      ...or your AC will have to be cranking in order to keep the room cool.

      You should be fine so long as AC and the computer aren't on the same circuit in your home.

    2. Re:About time... by mrwonton · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't know about AC, but I live in Michigan, and plan on putting one of these in every room. Central heat? Naaah, distributed dual core pentiums.

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  2. What about P5? by pranay · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about P5? I will need it to play my copy of Duke Nukem Forever!

  3. Awsome! by irokitt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can fry two eggs at once!

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  4. Re:Well... by BlueThunderArmy · · Score: 4, Funny
    Looks like the "Who is Winning the CPU War" line just shifted again.
    No, I think Apple's still on top of that.
  5. Pricing... by riptide_dot · · Score: 4, Funny

    "No word on pricing, yet."

    Is that kind of like saying "if you have to ask, you can't afford it"?

    P4 EE - $989

    Gotta go; I have to sell a kidney or three to afford this thing...

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  6. Ridiculous by deusexcrottsma · · Score: 2, Funny

    The notion of having a dual core processor is ridiculous. I mean, with just one processor I'm perpetually afraid that my computer will attain self-awareness, and with 350 watts or so at its disposal there's no telling what kind of havoc it'll wreak upon my tender organic tissues. Now with two processors in my computer box there's no telling what kind of trouble I'll be exposed to. Why don't you just embed a .357 Magnum revolver into the chipset? Processor designers are deranged.

  7. Re:Well... by Leroy_Brown242 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, now with two cores that are near half as efficient, I think they are just about to catch up. :)

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  8. Re:Well... by Vampyre_Dark · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only if you hold the charts upside down.

  9. Dupe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Previous story: NASA Proposes Warming Mars

  10. New Case Design - Not mentioned by dsginter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nere's a pic of the new form factor that they will be using for the case.

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  11. Re:Well Intel I got to hand it to you . . . by mapmaker · · Score: 2, Funny
    your dual-core is a kludge on top of a kludge

    Maybe Intel should call them dual-kludge processors instead of dual-core?

  12. Dual-core P4 EE w/ HT - best product name ever. by eric_brissette · · Score: 5, Funny

    Honestly. The Dual Core Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition with Hyper-Threading Technology.

    Am I the only one that thinks that sounds funny? Like someone took a steaming PR doodoo into the buzzword generator at Intel?

    Personally, I think I'll hold off until they release the Dual Core Intel Pentium Processor Fusion Edition Titanium Pack PRO with Spastic-Threading Nano-Techno-Giga-Awesome Technology.