Pentium 4 3.20GHz to bring massive Intel desktop attack

Source: The Inquirer

INTEL AND AMD move together so closely on the frequencies of their processors that you'd be forgiven for thinking this is some kind of cartel.

That would be an absurdly cynical point of view. Intel and AMD are not in the business of bolstering their businesses at the expense of consumers. They are there to foster shareholder value. And if the speed steps of the processors seem to match each other in an uncanny, almost spooky way, well, that's because they're in such bitter competition with each other that they have to watch each other step-for-step. Plus these days AMD uses the PR+ rating while Chipzilla continues to foster Megahurts Madness -- except for its Centrino Pentium M chips, of course.

But if you're a consumer, you had better be very careful which step you take, because as we said at the beginning of this year, buying a desktop PC may be trickier than ever, especially given the FUDzilla of front side buses, hyperthreading, speedsteps, lack of speedsteps, chipsets and all the rest.