Alan Beagley wrote:

>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?
>
>-=-
>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
>>    
>>

Hi Alan,

Reckon it looks that way - seems to be all the rage now.

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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