KryoNexus
12-14-2004, 09:58 AM
Finally a timeline for dual core intels. Granted, they are going to cost an arm and a leg initially, but it might still be worth it.
THE LATEST INTEL ROADMAPS seen by the INQUIRER indicate that the launch of its dual core desktop processors - the X20, the X30 and the X40 - will be launched in the third quarter of 2005, suggesting they won't proliferate in PCs until the fourth quarter.
These chips will two Pentium 4 dies in one package, each with 1MB of L2 cache, and supporting Intel's EM64T 64-32 extensions.
At the same time, it appears that Intel's 3.73MHz Pentium 4 is being pushed back to a February launch, will have 2MB of L2 rather than L3 cache, and will coincide with the introduction of the 6XX Pentium 4 series. These chips are numbered 630 (3GHz), 640 (3.20GHz), 650 (3.40GHz) and 660 (3.60GHz) but the 670 (3.80GHz) won't be introduced until the second quarter of next year.
At launch the 660 will cost about $600, the 650 $400, the the 640 $273 and the 630 $224. The 3.73 1066MHz 2MB processor will cost the re-assuringly less than $1000 sum of $999 when it's launched in February. When Intel rolls out the 670, this is being priced at a not inconsiderable $850. These chips will have 800MHz system buses, 2MB of L2 cache, EM64T and enhanced Speedstep inside.
Read the rest at The Inquirer (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20198)
THE LATEST INTEL ROADMAPS seen by the INQUIRER indicate that the launch of its dual core desktop processors - the X20, the X30 and the X40 - will be launched in the third quarter of 2005, suggesting they won't proliferate in PCs until the fourth quarter.
These chips will two Pentium 4 dies in one package, each with 1MB of L2 cache, and supporting Intel's EM64T 64-32 extensions.
At the same time, it appears that Intel's 3.73MHz Pentium 4 is being pushed back to a February launch, will have 2MB of L2 rather than L3 cache, and will coincide with the introduction of the 6XX Pentium 4 series. These chips are numbered 630 (3GHz), 640 (3.20GHz), 650 (3.40GHz) and 660 (3.60GHz) but the 670 (3.80GHz) won't be introduced until the second quarter of next year.
At launch the 660 will cost about $600, the 650 $400, the the 640 $273 and the 630 $224. The 3.73 1066MHz 2MB processor will cost the re-assuringly less than $1000 sum of $999 when it's launched in February. When Intel rolls out the 670, this is being priced at a not inconsiderable $850. These chips will have 800MHz system buses, 2MB of L2 cache, EM64T and enhanced Speedstep inside.
Read the rest at The Inquirer (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20198)