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Pentium D prices tipped to plunge
News If you're in the market for one of Intel's Pentium D processors, you might want to wait a month or two. Intel plans to push the prices of its Pentium chips way down its pricing list when it introduces the new Core chips next month.
[June 9, 2006, 9:05]
Pentium D hits the desktop
News Intel has launch new dual-core Pentium D processors and supporting chipsets designed for home and business desktop PCs. The chips, released on Thursday, will be the second dual-core Pentium line Intel has unveiled in as many months.
[May 27, 2005, 9:15]
D-Day for Intel's Pentium III
News Intel Corp.s launch of the Pentium III chip Monday morning will be its largest single processor launch ever. Intel will drop prices on Pentium III chips by six percent to 24 percent, and Pentium II prices by up to two percent.
[October 25, 1999, 15:06]
Pentium D prices tipped to plunge
Talkback if intel kept their prices lower more people might their stuff more often! D
[July 13, 2006, 13:16]
Intel delays launch of recalled PIII
News Intel is gearing up to launch its next-generation Pentium 4 chip as soon as next month, but the chip maker won't ship its recalled 1.13GHz Pentium III chip until next year. The 1.13GHz Pentium III was recalled in August due to a problem that could...
[October 11, 2000, 15:23]
Intel to announce low-end server chips
News The Xeon 3040, 3050, 3060 and 3070 processors, expected to ship this month, are geared for uniprocessor servers that typically use Pentium D processors. The 3000 series is based on the Core microarchitecture, which improves the performance and...
[September 26, 2006, 12:50]
Intel flexes muscle at Pentium III launch
News While Pentium III is not the greatest technical leap forward, it does add more than 70 multimedia-oriented instructions, along with some security features, to what is essentially a Pentium II core. PCs based on the Pentium III are due to hit...
[February 18, 1999, 9:08]
Who needs Pentium III?
News Mainstream PC users have relatively little use for the performance boost, but within a year or so, they'll be buying Pentium III or its descendants anyway, as Intel gradually but steadily moves this CPU design from the top to the bottom of the PC...
[May 18, 1999, 9:11]
Intel sets date for Core 2 Duo launch
News Intel chief executive Paul Otellini and other executives will be on hand to unveil the chip that marks the end of Intel's Pentium era. The latest chip, the dual-core Pentium D, was fine for many people's needs.
[July 12, 2006, 9:55]
CPU roadmap: 2008 and beyond review
Reviews Following this pricey Extreme Edition chip was 'dual-core for the mainstream' in the form of the Pentium D 800 series. From the Pentium D 840 to PenrynFrom the Athlon 64 X2 to Barcelona Intel's second-generation dual-core chips, the Pentium D 900...
[April 22, 2008, 16:07]
CPU roadmap: 2007 and beyond review
Reviews January 2006: Pentium D 900 series Not long after its Athlon 64 X2 processors toppled Intel's Pentium D chips, AMD found itself back in the familiar role of underdog when Intel moved to its 65-nanometer process and released the Core 2 Duo to...
[March 19, 2007, 16:12]
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 review
Reviews The advances in the Core architecture explain why even though the Core 2 Duo chips have lower clock speeds, they're faster than the older dual-core Pentium D 900 series chips. It's the first desktop chip family that doesn't use the NetBurst...
[July 14, 2006, 10:45]
Dell Dimension 4400 review
Reviews DDR memory is roughly half the price of Rambus memory, which was previously the only choice on Intel Pentium 4 motherboards. Dell supplied us with a 2.2GHz Northwood Pentium 4 system fitted with 256MB of DDR SDRAM, with Windows XP Professional...
[January 6, 2002, 23:00]
Sony VAIO PCV-RX1 review
Reviews The VAIO PCV-RX1 is based around a 1.7GHz Pentium 4 and comes with 256MB of RDRAM as standard. The benchmarks results are modest, but not out of line with what you'd expect: a Business Winstone 2001 score of 41.1 and Content Creation Winstone 2002...
[February 4, 2002, 23:00]
Intel puts Pentium out to grass
News Intel officially closed the books on the Pentium era on Thursday with the Core 2 Duo, its most important product launch in 13 years. The last time the company held such an event at its headquarters was when it introduced the Pentium processor in...
[July 28, 2006, 8:55]
AJP Neo-PC II review
Reviews The CPU -- Intel's 750MHz 'flip-chip' Pentium III -- is a desktop part, although it has been seen in the odd notebook. With a 750MHz Pentium III processor, 128MB of RAM and Windows 2000 Professional, you'd expect a decent level of performance, and...
[November 30, 2000, 23:00]
Intel lowers boom with Pentium II
News The Pentium II is based on a new, proprietary Slot 1 architecture. Early next year, Intel plans to deliver 333MHz and 350MHz versions of the Pentium II, company officials said at Comdex here last week.
[November 24, 1997, 17:10]
A Year Ago: Intel lowers boom with Pentium II
News Through deep price cuts and rapid-fire processor rollouts, Intel Corp.is about to launch a major effort to drive its Pentium II processor across the corporate landscape. The Pentium II is based on a new, proprietary Slot 1 architecture.
[November 23, 1998, 5:50]
Intel confirms chip-naming change
News Celeron will now be known as Celeron D (for Desktop) or Celeron M (for Mobile), and the Pentium 4, M and 4M will also survive. Thus, the next desktop Celeron will be called something like Celeron D 300 while Dothan, the next upgrade to the Pentium...
[March 19, 2004, 17:15]
Intel's first dual-core CPU benchmarked review
Reviews The first dual-core processors we'll see from Intel will be in high-end desktops, featuring a Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840 CPU. AMD announced as early as June 2004 its plans to manufacture dual-core processors, but the first dual-core...
[April 5, 2005, 8:55]
