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'Willamette' heats up GHz race
News Willamette is important to consumers because it represents the next step in processor technology from Intel. Willamette will be supported by a new chip set, code-named Tehama, which will support Rambus Direct RAM with a high-performance bus, which...
[February 3, 2000, 8:21]
Intel plans aggressive 'Willamette' intro
News Willamette is the first ground-up processor core design since Intel introduced the current "P6" processor core in its Pentium Pro processor in 1995. Sources said Intel plans to quickly boost production of the chip, code-named Willamette, by rolling...
[May 9, 2000, 8:22]
Via confirms Willamette chipset plans
News Via Technologies has assured its customers that it is coming up with a chipset for Intel's next-generation Willamette chip, even though it hasn't yet been handed a license for the project. Intel has so far not licensed any outside company to make...
[July 20, 2000, 7:19]
AMD, Intel prepare next generation chips
News Todays' top-end desktop processors, Intel's Pentium III and AMD's Athlon, will be joined by an Intel chip code-named Willamette and AMD's code-named Thunderbird. Willamette is a streamlined, pumped-up version of the 32-bit processor architecture...
[April 17, 2000, 7:03]
Intel prepping new mobile chip
News Northwood, based on the same next-generation 32-bit architecture as Intel's forthcoming Willamette desktop chip, will mark the beginning of Intel's transition to a 0.13-micron process. Northwood's sister chip -- Willamette -- is scheduled to debut...
[February 7, 2000, 8:05]
It's all about the Pentiums, baby!
News Gelsinger said later that Tuesday's entire keynote speech was running on Willamette. Codenamed Willamette -- also the name of a river in Oregon, where the chip is being designed -- it has been chosen as the GHz-plus successor to Intel's Pentium III...
[February 22, 2000, 10:27]
Surprise: Intel demos 1.5GHz processor
News Yu demonstrated the new chip, named after the Willamette River in Oregon, running at speeds of up to 1.5GHz. Intel has not yet said how fast Willamette will be at introduction, but the chip was demonstrated starting at about 1.4GHz.
[February 16, 2000, 9:42]
Chip makers not stopping at 1GHz
News Willamette is a massive new architecture, which we think changes the rules of the game. Willamette is officially due in the second half of the year, although sources expect it to be delivered toward the end of the third quarter.
[March 10, 2000, 8:42]
1GHz: The whole story
News Surprise: Intel demos 1.5GHz processor Intel announces new details of its high-end Willamette processor, including a 1.5GHz version, and low-end Timna chips Wed, 16 Feb 2000 Willamette' heats up GHz race The curtain is about to be lifted on Intel's...
[March 7, 2000, 13:44]
Intel eyes life after 1GHz
News So, to stay competitive, Intel will have to match Thunderbird with its Pentium III chip while it works toward the launch of its next-generation processor, code-named Willamette. Willamette's claim to fame, Intel said, will be performance.
[April 1, 2000, 12:10]
A Year Ago: Intel eyes life after 1GHz
News So, to stay competitive, Intel will have to match Thunderbird with its Pentium III chip while it works toward the launch of its next-generation processor, code-named Willamette. Willamette's claim to fame, Intel said, will be performance.
[April 1, 2001, 6:04]
Surprise... it's another Pentium
News The chip, code-named Willamette, will be known to consumers as Pentium 4 and is set for launch some time before the end of the year. Willamette will transition from 0.18-micron to a 0.13-micron process next year, a move which will reduce power...
[June 28, 2000, 16:19]
One of Oregon's Largest Counties Deploys Equallogic
White Papers Hood and numerous rivers - the Willamette, Clackamas, Sandy, Pudding, Molalla and Salmon. Clackamas County, Oregon, is home to more than 338,000 people. Heavily timbered, the county's geographical features include Mt.
[March 5, 2008, 0:02]
Intel's new chips highlight conference
News Along with the Itanium, Intel plans to ship a new low-cost processor, code-named Timna, and a new high-end desktop processor, code-named Willamette, in the second half of this year. Willamette, on the other hand, is designed for speed.
[February 15, 2000, 9:55]
AMD: Mid-year high-speed chip debut
News Thunderbird is also expected to match speeds with the forthcoming Willamette from rival Intel. Willamette has been demonstrated running at speeds up to 1.5GHz. Advanced Micro Devices is getting ready to turn the key on Thunderbird, a chip that will...
[April 10, 2000, 9:02]
CPU roadmap: Intel and AMD's new chips
News Willamette" is Intel's update of the 32-bit platform (IA-32), and will include such performance-enhancing features as Hyper Pipelined Technology, which will enable clock speeds of over 1GHz. Willamette'
[May 3, 2000, 8:08]
Intel and AMD chip rivalry yield unexpected user bonanza
News Meanwhile, Intel is working on the bookend for the other side of the shelf with a new high-speed chip that carries the code-name of Willamette. Willamette chips will utilise a new 32-bit processor architecture, new chip packaging, a new system bus...
[November 17, 1999, 10:38]
Sun has betrayed us all
Talkback We have a Willamette core P4 that is faster than a £10K Sun workstation! Sun is a company that is struggling to survive thanks to its own short sighted and monopolistic practices. Why else would an "open-source friendly" company bash Red Hat and...
[October 8, 2004, 13:38]
Eye2Eye with AMD's Jerry Sanders, Part III
News You've talked about the golden opportunity for AMD as it stacks up against Willamette and the next generation of processors from Intel. In the final instalment of ZDNet UK's Eye2Eye interview with AMD chief executive Jerry Sanders, he explains why...
[March 3, 2000, 17:59]
Intel releases tools to support super-chips
News Pentium 4, formerly codenamed Willamette, is Intel's first ground-up processor core redesign since the current "P6" core, introduced with the Pentium Pro processor in 1995. Intel on Monday released new software development tools to support its next...
[November 14, 2000, 15:36]
