Dual-core Pentium 4s coming in second quarter

By Usayd

The year of the dual-cores is coming sooner than many expected. After a few months of speculation, it appears that Intel is indeed ready to roll with dual-core parts, and not only just for Itanium. The company is now talking dual-core Pentium 4s in the second quarter of this year, which means we may see parts as early as April. But what kinds of parts will we see?

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 7, 2005 Intel Corporation today announced it has completed initial production runs of dual-core processors and provided further details about its multi-core plans to its customers, signaling the beginning of an era when PCs will have two or more “brains” inside.

Intel plans to deliver two separate dual-core products and dual-core-enabled chipsets for its Pentium® processor-class families in the second quarter, including the Pentium® processor Extreme Edition. The Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition will include Hyper-Threading Technology, providing the ability to process four software “threads” simultaneously.

 

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