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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 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. Lack of bandwidth? by ajiva · · Score: 5, Informative

    While dual processors is great and all, I'd rather see double the memory bandwidth then double the processing power. In the case of Intel processors (especially duals) memory bandwidth is severly lacking, and while DDR-2 should help a bit, I don't expect to be that impressed with the new dual cores.

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

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

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

    Now I can fry two eggs at once!

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  5. Re:What kind of sockets will there take? by David+Ziegler · · Score: 5, Informative
    That must be because you didn't read the article:

    The Pentium Processor Extreme Edition will be combined with a new chipset named the Intel® 955X Express chipset, formerly codenamed "Glenwood," that includes features such as Intel® High Definition Audio, PCI-Express and faster dual-channel DDR-2 memory.

    Intel will also couple its mainstream "Smithfield" processor with two new chipsets named the Intel® 945G Express chipset and Intel® 945P Express chipset, both previously code-named "Lakeport" in the second quarter of the year.

    And:

    And before you ask, the new dual-cores require new chipsets, so these CPUs will not run on existing systems. AMD fans, meanwhile, can still hope that their dual-core parts will run in Socket 939.

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

    Previous story: NASA Proposes Warming Mars

  7. 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.