Hmmm. Does "stamping multiple processors on a single chip" result in a 
multi-processor machine? Time to start saving for the SMP add-on for eCS?

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Alan


On 10/16/04 05:13 am Mike O'Connor put fingers to keyboard and launched 
the following message into cyberspace:

> Intel Cancels Revamped Chip
> By THE NEW YORK TIMES
> 
> Published: October 15, 2004
> 
> By The New York Times
> 
> SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14 - The Intel Corporation said on Thursday that it
> was canceling its plans to market a faster version of its Pentium 4 chip
> for personal computers to focus on products with "more bang for
the buck."
> 
> The move reflects a change in Intel's strategy in developing new chips
> after a series of product delays and technical problems earlier in the year.
> 
> The new Pentium 4, a 4-gigahertz microprocessor, had already slipped off
> schedule, with its original sales date shifted from the end of this year
> to some time in early 2005.
>   
> 
> Bill J. Kirby, a marketing director in Intel's desktop platforms group,
> said the cancellation of the project was part of an overall shifting of
> resources to projects with broader demand. The new Pentium 4 was going
> to be the fastest chip in the Pentium 4 line and intended for use in
> high-end personal computers that require extra speed.
> 
> Last spring, Intel discovered that its push to increase the clock speed
> of its chips was leading to problems with overheating. As a result, the
> company said that it would focus on other ways to improve microprocessor
> performance, most notably by stamping multiple processors on a single chip.
> 
> This "multicore" approach has quickly become a central focus
of Intel's
> new strategy, and the first desktop products using it are expected in
> the middle of next year.
> 
>     Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company



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