Posts tagged ‘p4’
Processor Heard ‘Round the World: P4 Makes Global News
In the wake of Intel’s launch of its Pentium 4 processor today comes P4 news from across the globe. Dell and IBM announce systems for multimedia fiends. Tokyo retailers let the P4 loose a day early. And Intel puts off a new chipset.
Does P4 Deliver on Performance Promise? Yes and No
Intel wrested the clock-speed crown back from AMD on Monday by releasing the long-awaited Pentium 4 at 1.5GHz. Unlike the Pentium II and Pentium III, which use the same essential architecture as the five-year-old the Pentium Pro, the Pentium 4 introduces a host of new features and is truly Intel’s first new 32-bit chip.
