The Prescott desktop processor...will include Hyper-Threading technology
Intel Outlines Progress Of Several Intiatives
(Hyperthreading could allow Prescott to compete with Hammer in terms of performance. If Intel beats AMD to .09u manufacturing, we may be seeing 4GHz Hyperthreaded air cooled processors instead of Gee-Whiz overclocking demos.)
biz.yahoo.com
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Intel Corp. (NasdaqNM: INTC - news) (INTC) plans to unveil several products for users of desktop computers, mobile PCs and wireless computing devices beginning in 2003.
In a press release Wednesday, Intel said the products include Prescott, Intel's next generation desktop processor, and "M," the mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor.
The Prescott desktop processor, based on Intel's NetBurst microarchitecture, will include Hyper-Threading technology, an Intel technology that allows operating systems to view a single physical processor as if it were two.
"M," Intel's Pentium 4 Processor includes mobile -specific features such as Enhanced SpeedStep technology, "Deeper Sleep" for low power state and small mobile packaging for thinner, lighter mobile PCs.
Intel also said it has a 3G communications processor test chip in its labs and will be unveiling a 2.5G version based on the "Wireless Internet on a Chip" technology later this year.
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