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P4 Price Cuts

Apr 15, 2002 3:41pm CST tags: Intel, Price Cut
Intel has just done the big P4 price cut that we've been expecting. A 25% cut on the P4 2.2ghz chips. There are some other cuts going on along the line as well as the P3 and the mobile chips. We can probably expect an AMD announcement to follow shortly.

Intel Roadmap

Apr 09, 2002 11:44am CST tags: Intel
The Inquirer managed to get a looksee at the latest Intel roadmaps. Some faster Pentium 4 CPUs coming in the 3rd quart of this year, speeds of 2.6 and 2.66Ghz. There will also be a 1.8Ghz Celeron in June, and a 1.9Ghz one later this year. The news item also has some pricing info.

2.4GHz Next Week

Mar 29, 2002 2:32pm CST tags: Intel
Looks like Intel is gonna do a little speed bump next week, they are planning to release som 2.4GHz chips and there is also some info on their improved manufacturing.

IDF Wrap-Up

Mar 05, 2002 5:02am CST tags: Intel
AnandTech has a wrap-up article on the Intel Developer Forum. They look at BBUL CPU packaging and a few other misc. things.

P4M Launched

Mar 04, 2002 9:26am CST tags: Intel
Intel today released the first Pentium 4 M CPUs for notebooks. The mobile Pentium 4 chips are available at 1.6 and 1.7Ghz. Most major notebook makers should have notebooks with the Pentium4-M available soon.

VIA Roadmap Update

Feb 19, 2002 6:37pm CST tags: Intel
Mike at The Inquirer managed to get his hands on the latest VIA Pentium 4 chipset roadmap. Looks like we'll be seeing the P4X266/A, the P4X333/400, the P4X600 and the P4X800 this year which will have all kinds of new and exciting features. Also here are the plans for AMD CPU chipsets.

Toshiba's Desktop Notebook

Feb 11, 2002 10:07am CST tags: Toshiba, Intel
CNet is reporting that Toshiba will be launching a new Pentium 4 notebook later this week. But instead of using a special notebook CPU, Toshiba will be using a regular sized desktop computer Pentium 4 CPU. It will help Toshiba bring the price of the notebook down. What this means for battery life and heat is not mentioned.

Inside Intel

Feb 11, 2002 8:48am CST tags: Intel
Inside Intel: From Silicon to the World is an AnandTech article looking at how Intel operates at the engineering level. They made a trip to Intel and visited the Architecture Labs, an aircooled 10Ghz CPU, multi-core CPUs and much more.

Intel Pentium 4 Pricing

Feb 06, 2002 12:09pm CST tags: Intel
According to The Inquirer, there won't be any price cut shocks by Intel the rest of this year. Its expected that Intel will price the 533Mhz FSB P4 chips similar to the current 400mhz ones. There's also some info on when the next price cuts will happen.

Intel's New CPU

Feb 04, 2002 11:47am CST tags: Intel
ZDNet has a cute article describing the new Intel CPU that is shooting for a release around the middle of this year. Apparently it's gonna be a big-ass chip that will drive the chicks wild. It's called McKinley btw.

Intel Roadmap

Jan 22, 2002 1:10pm CST tags: Intel
A few days after posting the AMD CPU roadmap, The Inquirer now has a similar overview for upcoming Intel CPUs. 2.5Ghz in Q3, with 2.4Ghz already available in the second quarter.

Intel Doing Well

Jan 16, 2002 5:38am CST tags: Intel
The guys at Intel have "toughed it out" and they are all happy and stuff now. Intel beat 4th quarter revenue estimates and they are looking for some good stuff in 2002. update: Oh here is a bit more.

P4 Chipset Price Cuts

Jan 10, 2002 6:50am CST tags: Intel, Price Cut
The Inquirer is reporting that VIA and SiS have cut prices on their Pentium 4 chipsets to about $20. The price cuts make both chipsets much less than Intel's $35 845D chipset. Hopefully a pricewar between VIA and NVidia on the AMD platform will happen too.

Intel P4 Northwood Benchmarks

Dec 19, 2001 9:24am CST tags: Intel
Thanks to Tech-Report for digging up these new P4 Northwood benchmarks. Northwood is the new 0.13 micron P4 that Intel is pushing out the door. You can check out this page and this page. Dont bother installing language packages, Benchmark charts are in the universal language!

Pentium 4 DDR Roundup

Dec 17, 2001 7:54am CST tags: Intel
Over at Tech-Report they have a Pentium 4 DDR chipset roundup, looking at the various chipsets currently out for the Pentium 4. These would be the Intel 845 DDR, VIA P4X266A and SiS 645.

Intel Mobile P4 Plans

Dec 13, 2001 5:52am CST tags: Intel
ZDNet is reporting about the new Intel Pentium 4 mobile chips coming next year. Due to launch in March or April, the speeds available will be 1.6 and 1.7Ghz, not bad for a mobile part. This comes with its price though. Apparently the P4 is very power hungry, and a second fan will have to be added by laptop makers to keep it sufficiently cool.

P3 Sale

Dec 03, 2001 9:30am CST tags: Intel
Intel wants to get rid of their Pentium 3 CPUs, and has cut prices on desktops and server P3's. The 1Ghz Pentium3 is now 17% cheaper at $143, while the 1.1 and 1.13Ghz were cut by 10% to $173.

Intel's Speed Quest

Nov 26, 2001 8:45am CST tags: Intel
Reuters has an interesting story describing some of the recent progress by Intel on the ever ongoing speed quest. If you've followed this stuff closely you're probably familiar with a lot of the tech in question, but it also offers some good comparisons of progress by IBM. Thanks Tech-Report

Itanium Fails Compaq Tests

Nov 15, 2001 8:31am CST tags: Intel
ZDNet reports that Compaq is not releasing their Intel Itanium servers just yet, as Intel's new CPU didn't pass their server stress test. Both the 733mhz and 800mhz version of the Itanium have problems during these tests. The Itanium was already released much later than planned, and according to a Dell general manager "Customer interest for Itanium servers is 'effectively zero' ". Not too positive for Chipzilla.

Intel Q&A

Nov 14, 2001 8:38am CST tags: Intel
There's an interview with Intel CEO Craig Barrett on NewsFactor (through Yahoo). Craig talks about the company's financial results, upcoming technology, the namechange of StrongArm processors to X-Scale, and a few other non-CPU things which probably won't interest you.