Intel 3.8-GHz Pentium 4 Due Nov. 15
Intel Corp. and its partners are set to launch the 3.8-GHz Pentium 4, aka the Intel Pentium 4 570, on Nov. 15, sources said.
An Intel spokesman declined to confirm the launch date, saying only that the chip was due "real soon now". In any event, the single-core Pentium 4 will be the fastest on Intel's roadmap for the near future. Intel said it would place the 4.0-GHz Pentium 4 on hiatus. On Nov. 1, Intel released the 3.46-GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, a pricey $999 chip aimed at the top of the enthusiast niche.
In the second half of 2005, Intel will begin shipping its dual-core Pentium 4 chips, which are expected to be clocked at a lower speed than the single-core Pentium 4s, so they can be used with a similar cooling solution and power supply. In some early estimates of dual-core performance released last month, AMD indicated that it might clock a dual-core Athlon 64 chip at three and five speed grades less than the fastest single-core chip at the time. If Intel follows suit, then its first dual-core chips would be clocked at 3.2-GHz and 2.8-GHz.
