News P4 chipset roundup @ BlueSmoke

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'Earlier this year, Intel introduced the first 0.13-micron process based Pentium 4, based on the "Northwood" core. Prior to this, Pentium 4s were based on the 0.18-micron process "Willamette" core. The die shrink accomplished several important goals : reduce the 217mm^2 surface area of the Willamette (by upwards of 70%), power consumption and heat (due to small, faster switching transistors), and finally cost price per unit. What's more important is that the new cores have fantastic overclocking potential, surely catching the attention of performance users, as the Pentium 4's performance rests heavily on its ability to reach higher clock speeds than the competition (a direct consequence of its "deeper" pipeline architecture). With the planned increase of the Pentium 4's quad-pumped FSB, and the implementation of Hyper-Threading technology, the future certainly looks bright for the Pentium 4 platform. '

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