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Intel Shrinks Pentium 4 Northwood
News Intel has launched a 2.4GHz version of its Pentium 4 processor with a revamped manufacturing process designed to bring production prices down, even as it continues a behind-the-scenes public-relations battle against rival chip maker AMD.
[April 2, 2002, 14:24]
Price Cuts Loom As Intel Promotes Faster Pentium
News Intel is pushing ahead the release of faster Pentium 4 processors in an effort to speed even further ahead of rival Advanced Micro Devices. The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker will come out with a 2.8GHz Pentium 4 for desktops later this...
[July 23, 2002, 13:31]
AMD Cuts Prices To Match Intel
News It is also working to boost demand for Pentium 4-M notebooks. Last year, it cut Pentium 4 prices in order to speed up the introduction of new versions. On Sunday, Intel dropped prices of its Pentium 4 processors by as much as 53 percent.
[May 30, 2002, 16:21]
Intel Revenues Down 77 Percent
News Though Intel never made the number public, many analysts have said Intel looked to ship as many as 18 to 20 million Pentium 4s this year. Otellini said positive customer response to the Pentium 4 helped Intel to gain "a couple of points" of market...
[October 17, 2001, 9:02]
New Pentium 4s To Alter Competitive Map
News New versions of Intel's Pentium 4 due out next week are expected to stifle criticism that the chip is more expensive and offers less enthralling performance than its nearest competitor. The Northwood chips will also be the first Pentium 4 chips to...
[January 3, 2002, 14:54]
Intel Hits AMD With Tualatin Chips
News Delivering a counterpunch to rival Advanced Micro Devices and its new 1GHz Athlon 4 chip, Intel will launch five new mobile Pentium III chips this July, sources said. The chips -- code-named Tualatin -- will be the first new and faster Pentium III...
[May 17, 2001, 7:55]
Pentium III Gets A New Lease On Life
News Intel's move to extend the life of the "Coppermine" version of Pentium III comes as arch-rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) continues to keep up the pressure on the mainstream PC market with its Athlon, K6 and Duron processors.
[July 24, 2000, 13:04]
Pentium 4 Chip Takes Lead In Desktop Speed
News The Pentium 4 has already opened a slight gap over the rival Athlon from Advanced Micro Devices, according to benchmark testers, and AMD is not expected to come out with another desktop chip until September when the Athlon64 debuts.
[June 23, 2003, 7:37]
AMD Takes On Myth Of Megahertz
News But despite performance boosts, the 1.5GHz Athlon will still be a clock speed underdog compared with rival Intel's Pentium 4 processor line, set to hit 2GHz later this month. Cyrix sold a Cyrix M2 PR300, for example, as equivalent to the Pentium II...
[August 9, 2001, 9:33]
Intel Raises Cache On Pentium 4
News The Athlon64 comes with an integrated memory controller and is expected to rival the Pentium 4 in performance and pass the chip in certain benchmarks. Intel announced the launch of a new version of the Pentium 4 processor with an extra dose of...
[September 17, 2003, 8:40]
Intel Developer Forum: Full Coverage
News Pentium 4 fails to light a spark Tues 28 Aug Analysts say the Pentium 4 has been much slower to gain market share than any of its predecessors - and only the forthcoming 845 chipset is likely to change matters
[August 29, 2001, 15:30]
AMD And Intel War Over Benchmarks
News The class, offered twice a day through the end of next week, appears to use a variety of benchmarks to show that the Athlon XP at 1.67GHz does not compare favourably to a Pentium 4 2.2GHz. Intel and its allies claim the model numbers are designed...
[April 3, 2002, 14:07]
Intel Gives Up The Gigahertz
News Intel plans to assign a new numbering system to its Pentium and Celeron processors in order to better illustrate their performance to consumers, according to a source familiar with the company's plans.
[March 15, 2004, 7:45]
2GHz PCs Ready For Launch
News The new chips will invariably prompt fresh comparisons between the Pentium 4 and the Athlon from rival Advanced Micro Devices. Nearly every major PC manufacturer will release new models sporting Pentium 4 chips running at 2GHz and 1.9GHz, according...
[August 24, 2001, 8:48]
Desktops: Kiss Pentium IIIs Goodbye
News Not only is Rambus memory more expensive than other types of memory, but corporate buyers still recall problems in 1999 when Pentium III computers were recalled or delayed because of problems that somehow were always related to Rambus.
[March 2, 2001, 7:36]
Intel To Slash Chip Prices By Over 40 Percent
News Intel will reduce the price of its 1.5GHZ Pentium 4 chip by 21 percent, from $819 to $644. In the face of the softening PC market, Intel vowed to use excess production capacity to move the Pentium 4 more quickly into high-volume production...
[January 24, 2001, 9:10]
VIA Goes Embedded With Motherboard Division
News The decision to sell own-brand motherboards was generally seen as a manoeuvre to increase demand for VIA's P4X266 Pentium 4 chipset, which is at the heart of VIA's legal battle with Intel. The new division will also make higher-end boards that will...
[October 18, 2001, 15:31]
Intel Puts Tualatin Chips On Launch Pad
News Intel is set to launch a new version of its mobile Pentium III chip, code-named Tualatin, on Monday, marking the beginning of its foray into a crucial next-generation manufacturing technology. Tualatin shrinks the Pentium III's architecture from...
[July 26, 2001, 11:30]
Intel Cuts Pentium Prices
News Intel slashed the price of Pentium 4 processors for desktops and notebooks over the weekend by up to 53 percent, an annual spring ritual designed to stimulate demand for its premier PC chip. The 1.8GHz mobile Pentium 4 fell 48 percent, from $637 to...
[May 28, 2002, 8:57]
AMD Narrows Gap With New Notebook Chips
News The chips will provide approximately the same performance as the Intel's 2GHz and 1.9GHz Pentium 4 chips, according to historical trends. Intel's fastest mobile chip, the 2.2GHz Pentium 4, will still likely rule the mobile performance roost, but...
[September 24, 2002, 7:24]
