Intel To Ship First Dual-Core Chips In Q2
If that time table holds, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company would be moving quicker than its executives have suggested. As recently as December, CEO Craig Barrett hinted to analysts that a dual-core launch would come in late 2005.
In a statement issued Monday, the company said it had "plans to deliver two separate dual-core products and dual-core-enabled chipsets for its Pentium processor-class families in the second quarter, including the Pentium processor Extreme Edition."
The Extreme processor will ship with a new chipset --the Intel 955X Express, formerly code-named "Glenwood"-- that will have HD Audio, PCI Express and dual-channel DDR-2 memory.
The chip maker said its "mainstream" Pentium 4 processor, code-named "Smithfield," will ship with two new chipsets: the 945G Express and 945P Express. Both chipsets, which were code-named "Lakeport," will be shipped next quarter as well, the company said.
Intel is racing with chip rival Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., as to be the first to market with dual-core functioning processors. AMD has also said it would ship dual-core functioning processors, in its AMD64 line, in 2005.