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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