Bangkok--Feb 24--Carl Byoir & Associates
Intel Corporation today announced the availability of five new
processors for desktop computers that deliver entertainment and IT benefits
for consumers and businesses. When coupled with the widely adopted Intel?
925/915 Express chipset family, the processors can help enable improved
performance and more rapid response times for computing platforms.
Intel is now shipping the Intel? Pentium? 4 Processor Extreme Edition 3.73
GHz supporting Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology and four new processors in
the Intel Pentium 4 Processor 6xx sequence supporting HT Technology. These
new processors represent the latest in Intel’s family of high-performance
desktop processors.
All five of the new processors support 64-bit memory addressability through
Intel? Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel? EM64T). Intel plans to ship
EM64T on versions of every newly introduced Intel desktop processor including
the company’s Intel? Celeron? D processor lines later this year.
“Intel continues to offer new platform features based on what people are
actually doing with their PCs, such as using rich media, communicating with
friends or family, and being productive in the office,” said Rob Crooke,
Intel general manager of Desktop Marketing and Strategic Planning. “As software
for the digital home and office matures and becomes more demanding, desktops
with Intel EM64T are well-timed to take advantage of emerging new usage models.”
Consumers are increasingly turning to the PC as a primary source of
entertainment, choosing to spend their time interacting with other PC users
around the world, playing games or editing digital video and images. Empowering
consumers to take advantage of future software advances in high-definition
video, audio and 3D visualization, Intel’s new processors support Intel EM64T,
enabling 64-bit computing capabilities on mainstream Intel processor-based PCs
The Intel Pentium 4 Processor 6xx sequence processors help enable new
power-saving benefits to the desktop with Enhanced Intel SpeedStep? Technology
(EIST). Similar to the technology used in Intel? Centrino? Mobile Technology,
EIST can enable power-saving by reducing overall average processor power
consumption.
The new processors will support the upcoming Microsoft* Windows? XP
Professional x64 Edition operating system and will enable users to experience
the benefits of 64-bit computing.
“Microsoft is excited to work with Intel to help lead the industry's
transition to 64-bit computing," said Brad Goldberg, general manager of the
Windows Product Marketing Group at Microsoft. “We are working closely to deliver
a robust 64-bit client platform that will help customers realize powerful new
64-bit capabilities while maintaining their investment in 32-bit applications.”
The Pentium 4 Processor Extreme Edition 3.73 GHz supporting HT
Technology features a fast 1066 MHz system bus and 2MB of L2 cache that improves
performance for such applications such as high-definition video and gaming that
benefit from large amounts of data readily available to the processor.
The Intel Pentium 4 Processor 6xx sequence supporting HT Technology
comes in speeds of up to 3.60 GHz, features an 800MHz system bus, a doubled L2
cache of 2MB, and Enhanced Intel SpeedStep? Technology (EIST). This power-saving
capability is supported by Windows XP Service Pack 2. Additionally, the larger
L2 cache provides potential performance benefits while Execute Disable Bit
technology offers improved protection from certain types of viruses when coupled
with Windows XP Service Pack 2.
Intel ended 2004 with more than two-thirds of its Pentium processors
shipping with HT Technology and introduced a number of enabling tools, software
and programs to lay a strong foundation for its upcoming dual-core platforms
coming later in 2005.
With these new processors, Intel continues to lead the way for
innovative offerings for the digital home and digital office in 2005, extending
the award-winning Intel? 925/915 Express chipset families and providing a strong
platform foundation for the latest PC uses.
Pricing & Availability
The new family of Intel Pentium 4 processors supporting HT Technology
6xx sequence and the Pentium 4 Processor Extreme Edition supporting HT Technology
at 3.73 GHz are available now and priced as follows:
Processor Frequency Front Side Bus (FSB) On-die Cache
PIntel Pentium 4 processor Extreme Edition 3.73 GHz Supporting HT Technology 3.73 GHz 1066 MHz 2 MB L2 $999
Intel Pentium 4 processor 660 Supporting HT Technology 3.60 GHz 800 MHz 2 MB L2 $605
Intel Pentium 4 processor 650 Supporting HT Technology 3.40 GHz 800 MHz 2 MB L2 $401
Intel Pentium 4 processor 640 Supporting HT Technology 3.20 GHz 800 MHz 2 MB L2 $273
Intel Pentium 4 processor 630 Supporting HT Technology 3.00 GHz 800 MHz 2 MB L2 $224
About Intel
Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer
of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about
Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.
Intel, the Intel logo, Pentium, Celeron, Centrino and SpeedStep are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States
and other countries.
* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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