Intel Corporation may release dual-core Pentium 4 "Prescott" processors in late 2005, a report over Geek.com web-site claims. If the information is correct, the roadmap of the world"s largest manufacturer of central processing units gets completely reshuffled once again.
Dual-Core Prescott Spotted
At the Intel/PC Magazine-sponsored Technology for Business Today seminar in Washington, D.C., Intel representatives discussed the present and future of computers touching upon the modern and next-generation microprocessors. The firm"s officials reiterated the company"s plans to issue dual-core processors in 2005 and even shed some light on the technical information about the chips. Apparently, the desktop processors will continue to utilize the NetBurst architecture and at this point such central processing units are referred as dual-core Prescott microprocessors. Mobile dual-core chips will have architecture similar to that of the Pentium M products available today. Such products may also find themselves in desktops, though, the premier performance will be offered only by dual-core NetBurst products.