Intel to Debut Pentium 4 2.8Ghz Next Week
Source: Reuters
Intel Corp., the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, will announce next week its speediest Pentium 4 processor yet, according to industry sources, as the company looks to reap the benefits from increased production efficiencies.
On Monday, Intel INTC.O will announce its Pentium 4 chip running at a speed of 2.8 billion cycles per second, or 2.8 gigahertz a second, putting it farther ahead of its chief rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD.N , in terms of clockspeed. Pricing on the chips wasn't immediately available.
The introduction of the Pentium 4 chip running at 2.8 gigahertz was accelerated earlier this summer. Intel, based in Santa Clara, California, pulled in the introduction date of that chip from the fourth quarter to the third quarter, according to sources.
Intel also moved up the introduction of a Pentium 4 chip running at 3.0 gigahertz so that it will be available in time for the year-end holiday shopping season. Intel had planned to introduce that microprocessor -- the brains of a personal computer -- by the end of the year.
