Intel unveils fast chips for cheap PCs
Source: CNN
Intel Corp. on Wednesday unveiled new processors and chipsets designed to bring to mainstream corporate and consumer PCs features now typically found only in higher-priced computers.
Among the PC makers offering systems based on the new technology is Gateway Inc., which said it would be the first to sell a PC based on the new Intel chips for under $1,000.
The three new Pentium 4 processors include hyper-threading technology, which allows users to do several computing tasks at the same time without the computer slowing down.
For example, corporate PCs can more easily run anti-virus software, compress files and encrypt e-mail simultaneously and consumer PCs can run games while editing video, Santa Clara, California-based Intel said.
