Intel Cancels Top-Speed Pentium 4 Chip
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By Daniel Sorid
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC - news) on Thursday canceled plans to introduce its highest-speed Pentium 4 chip for desktop computers, marking another in a string of unexpected product changes, cancellations and recalls at the world's largest computer chip maker.
Intel, whose shares fell 2.4 percent, said it plans to move engineers and other resources to accelerate the introduction of "dual core" chips, which contain two microprocessors in a single chip. The Santa Clara, California-based company has said it plans to introduce dual-core chips for desktops, servers and notebooks sometime next year.
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Intel declined to give a reason for the change, other than to say it had new priorities. One analyst, however, said the high-speed chip required too much power and generated too much heat, which can harm other PC parts.
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