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Pentium 4-M Chills Out In Notebooks
News Intel has launched its hotly anticipated mobile Pentium 4 processors, having stepped up the launch schedule amidst pressure from PC makers eager to update their laptop computer offerings. The Pentium 4-M processor is the first time the Pentium 4...
[March 4, 2002, 13:03]
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]
Pentium 4 May Miss Sales Targets
News Pentium 4 will not hit Intel's sales targets for 2001 because of its reliance on Rambus memory, according to a leading industry analyst. He said Intel had sold about 800,000 Pentium 4 units in the first quarter of 2001, according to a Blooomberg...
[June 19, 2001, 12:25]
Intel: Pentium 4 To Clock Up 1.8GHz
News Intel will celebrate the Fourth of July, America's Independence Day, with the launch of faster Pentium 4 chips, but don't expect fireworks or a major bump in lagging Pentium 4 sales. The chipmaker will release 1.8GHz and 1.6GHz Pentium 4 processors...
[June 19, 2001, 8:46]
Five Years Ago: Pentium II To Rev Up To 400MHz
News Intel yesterday showed a 233MHz Pentium II but said it will also release a 400MHz version of the chip. All Pentium II CPUs will ship in a cartridge package; initial shipments are in early May. Early benchmarking of Pentium II systems suggest the...
[April 17, 2002, 7:01]
Pentium M Chips May Face Supply Problems
News Samsung, Acer and Asustek Computer have all had trouble supplying Centrino laptops to their Chinese resellers, due to the tight supply of the Pentium M processor, according to a report in the Taiwanese industry journal Digitimes.
[April 7, 2003, 15:58]
Pentium 4 PC Prices Plunge
News The low-priced Pentium 4 desktop has arrived. As expected, PC makers on Monday launched a bevy of new computers that combine Pentium 4 processors with standard memory. Gateway also launched the Performance 1500 CS, a new line of Pentium 4/SDRAM PCs...
[September 11, 2001, 9:02]
Pentium-M Laptops Arrive On The Scene
News PC manufacturers are coming out with a slew of new notebooks containing Intel's Pentium-M processor, which executives claim goes a long way toward improving the laptop experience. Dell Computer, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and others will start selling...
[March 12, 2003, 7:43]
Pentium 4: More Speed In The Pipeline
News Intel will increase the speed of the chipset on the Pentium 4 in the coming months, a change likely to boost the performance of top-end PCs. The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker is coming out with a new chipset, code-named Springdale, for...
[January 13, 2003, 8:11]
IDF: Pentium 4 Fails To Light A Spark
News Despite Intel putting its marketing muscle behind the new 2GHz Pentium 4 processor, launched on Monday, computer manufacturers and buyers are unlikely to be in any special hurry to place orders, say industry experts at the Intel Developer Forum.
[August 28, 2001, 9:46]
Pentium 4 Delay Gives AMD Top Spot
News Intel won't release another version of the Pentium 4 until early 2002, sources say, in a move that will likely put the performance crown back on AMD's head -- at least for a short time. Northwood," a 2.2GHz Pentium 4 based on the 130-nanometer...
[October 12, 2001, 16:52]
Pentium III Bug Hangs 810 Chip
News PC makers with plans to offer low-cost desktops using Intel Corp.s Pentium III chip will need to go back to the drawing board lest their machines hang. An erratum that affects the Pentium III's SSE or Streaming SIMD multimedia instruction set is...
[June 3, 1999, 8:00]
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 III Gets A New Lease On Life
News Intel is set to continue revising its Pentium III processor, even after the introduction of the Pentium 4, with a 1.13GHz PIII scheduled to arrive this week. Intel's move to extend the life of the "Coppermine" version of Pentium III comes as arch...
[July 24, 2000, 13:04]
Pentium 4 Picks Up Steam With Chipset Deals
News Acer Labs has signed a licence to manufacture Pentium 4 chipsets, as Intel cranks up efforts to popularise its latest processor. With the deal, Taiwan's ALI becomes the second company after ATI Technologies to officially announce a Pentium 4...
[February 19, 2001, 8:26]
Pentium 4: New Chip, Old Problems
News With the Pentium 4, Intel has made the biggest update to its IA-32 processor line in many years. Old-style x86 instructions aren't that easy to pipeline, but the pipeline never touches them: by the time they get there, they've been translated into...
[November 20, 2000, 6:12]
Pentium 4 Set For Halloween Launch
News Intel may have a Halloween treat for tech trick-or-treaters -- the launch of the Pentium 4 processor for desktop PCs. But sources said that neither PC maker plans to offer the Pentium 4 in corporate PC lines right away.
[September 25, 2000, 7:54]
Pentium Prices Drop Prior To Official Cuts
News Intel plans to cut prices on its Pentium 4 chips soon, but many dealers have already lowered prices on the processors as a way to clear out inventory. Retailers are selling Pentium 4 chips for less than Intel's official wholesale prices, meaning...
[August 21, 2002, 8:04]
Pentium 4: Worth The Price?
News Intel, which revealed a host of new details about its Pentium 4 processor this week at the Intel Developer Forum, is betting the chip will become the most desirable engine for high-horsepower PCs. But for analysts attending the conference, the big...
[August 25, 2000, 9:00]
Pentium 4 Chip Takes Lead In Desktop Speed
News Intel on Monday will release a Pentium 4 running at 3.2GHz and will separately discuss a new version of its upcoming Madison chip optimized for dual-processor servers and workstations. The 3.2GHz Pentium 4 is likely to be the fastest desktop chip...
[June 23, 2003, 7:37]
