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Intel rolls out faster chip, new chipset
Los Angeles, Apr 14: Intel Corp. has rolled out two new products aimed at the high end of the computing market, a new version of the Pentium processor and an integrated chipset that will allow users to make an Internet phone call while streaming digital music.
Los Angeles, Apr 14: Intel Corp. has rolled out two new products aimed at the high end of the computing market, a new version of the Pentium processor and an integrated chipset that will allow users to make an Internet phone call while streaming digital music.
Santa Clara, California-based Intel, the world's largest maker of the semiconductors that serve as the brains of personal computers and other electronics, said its new Pentium 4 chip, running at a clock speed of 3 gigahertz, will have an 800 megahertz system bus.
That faster system data pathway, Intel said, operates as much as 50 percent faster than the 533 megahertz bus on its previous 3 gigahertz Pentium 4 chip.
Those higher data transfer rates are important for intensive applications such as video editing, audio processing and high-end gaming. The clock speed of the chip refers the number of cycles the chip can execute in one second, in this case 3 billion. The speed of the system bus refers to how fast data can transfer back and forth between devices inside a PC or workstation.
The new integrated chipset, known as the 875P and previously known by the code name Canterwood, covers functions like the high-end AGP 8x graphics interface standard, peripheral connections via USB ports and dual audio engines.
Intel also claimed two innovations as part of the 875P chipset: a system called Performance Acceleration Technology that speeds data transfers between the central processor and memory, and a new architecture for networking that it says, combined with other products, can double bandwidth. The new Pentium 4 chip is priced at $417 in quantities of 1,000 units. The 875P chipset is $53 with integrated software for managing disk-drive arrays and $50 without. Bureau Report
That faster system data pathway, Intel said, operates as much as 50 percent faster than the 533 megahertz bus on its previous 3 gigahertz Pentium 4 chip.
Those higher data transfer rates are important for intensive applications such as video editing, audio processing and high-end gaming. The clock speed of the chip refers the number of cycles the chip can execute in one second, in this case 3 billion. The speed of the system bus refers to how fast data can transfer back and forth between devices inside a PC or workstation.
The new integrated chipset, known as the 875P and previously known by the code name Canterwood, covers functions like the high-end AGP 8x graphics interface standard, peripheral connections via USB ports and dual audio engines.
Intel also claimed two innovations as part of the 875P chipset: a system called Performance Acceleration Technology that speeds data transfers between the central processor and memory, and a new architecture for networking that it says, combined with other products, can double bandwidth. The new Pentium 4 chip is priced at $417 in quantities of 1,000 units. The 875P chipset is $53 with integrated software for managing disk-drive arrays and $50 without. Bureau Report