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To: johnd who wrote (53397)	11/17/2000 12:50:33 PM
From: johnd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Intel's Pentium 4 will be another driver for Windows2000 deployment, imo. Intel set to introduce Pentium 4 Monday - WSJ NEW YORK, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Chipmaker Intel Corp. (NasdaqNM:INTC - news) will introduce its long-awaited Pentium 4 chip on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported in its electronic edition Friday. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel has said the chip's two versions will run at 1.4 gigahertz and 1.5 gigahertz, which is faster than the 1.2 gigahertz Athlon chip from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD - news), currently the fastest chip on the market, the paper reported. Intel said it expects the Pentium 4 to reach speeds of 2 gigahertz by the third quarter of next year, the paper said. The Pentium 4, operating at 1.4 gigahertz, will cost about $625, and the 1.5 gigahertz version will cost about $795, according to personal-computer makers, the paper said. AMD's 1.2 gigahertz Athlon chip costs $612, it added. Intel expects several PC makers, including International Business Machines Corp. IBM (NYSE:IBM - news), Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ - news) and Dell Computer Corp. (NasdaqNM:DELL - news), to start selling systems with the Pentium 4 on Monday, according to the report.