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News By contrast, the Smithfield chip for desktops is more like a condominium. This expected lack of intimacy between the cores in Smithfield is probably beneficial to Intel, according to analysts. Until somewhat recently, Intel debated making...
[February 25, 2005, 16:40]
Intel shortens dual-core wait
News Intel will follow Extreme Edition with a standard dual-core desktop processor known by the code-name Smithfield. Of the two types of chip, it's Smithfield that's likely to offer lower prices and performance and therefore show up in somewhat less...
[February 8, 2005, 8:25]
Intel unveils dual-core details
News The company said that the chip, codenamed Smithfield, will ship by mid-2005 and have two 90nm Pentium-class cores. Intel fleshed out its dual-core processor strategy on Tuesday by announcing the first desktop chip in the range.
[December 15, 2004, 15:00]
Intel reveals second-gen dual-core details
Talkback Smithfield is the first generation of dual core chips for the desktop. This is sloppy journalism. Presler is the second generation. That means that Conroe, the desktop chip to succeed Presler is the 3rd generation.
[May 6, 2005, 14:22]
AMD dual-core desktop debut due
News Intel's first dual core chip for desktops, code-named Smithfield, will come out in the second quarter, ahead of Toledo. AMD is expected show off a dual-core processor for desktops at its headquarters on Wednesday, but is keeping tight lipped about...
[February 23, 2005, 8:00]
Intel to pip AMD at the dual-core post
News The Extreme Edition dual-core Pentium 4, formerly code-named Smithfield, will run at 3.2GHz, slower than existing Pentium 4s, and will have an 800MHz system bus. A scaled-down version of Smithfield without HyperThreading will arrive later in the...
[April 12, 2005, 8:45]
Intel readies expanded chip lineup
News Presler, the successor to Smithfield, features two physically separate Cedar Mill processor cores in a single package. Figuring out which computer to buy will be a lot more challenging next year with the substantial expansion of Intel's processor...
[October 13, 2005, 12:40]



