The Hindu : Intel rolls out faster chip, new chipset

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Tuesday, Apr 15, 2003

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Intel rolls out faster chip, new chipset

LOS ANGELES APRIL 14. Intel Corp. on Monday 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 per cent 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 three 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 such as 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. Volume shipments of already built systems and motherboards with the 875P components began on Monday, Intel said. — Reuters

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