We're making a LOT of ES (engineering Samples) lately at our factory, and I think they're going to eventually produce a Pentium Quad Core line some time down the road. The most recent one we were testing was the Dual Core Celerons. So I imagine if the budget line up is getting ramped up to Dual Core and standardizes Intel's products as being all Dual Core, than eventually they'll make it all Quad Core. So yeah, I think Intel will; just not for a long time.
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I always think the same thing as kittyhawk. Why not put two E4*** series cpus together for a cheaper quad. Or the even lesser E2***s. Or the E6300 and make a q6300. Im not sure of they actually manucfactor the chips but i cant imagine it would be much different to put two lower binned dual cores together for a quad. escpially the 20s series chips that have the 4mb of cache
didn't I read somewhere a while back that Intel was attempting to pull away from the "Pentium" branding, partially due to it's over-hyped under-performing chip that is "Pentium 4"?
hence why they have Centrino, Centrino Duo, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, and Core 2 Extreme??
one sec while I look for that... maybe they were just ditching the "4"
Message edited by truromeo4juliet on 12-14-2007 at 09:43:33 PM
intel ditch pentium name
intel ditch pentium moniker
intel lose pentium name
etc...
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It's cheaper than most of the Core 2 Duos, has the M0 stepping which is good less heat, top it all of with over-clocking and it's really a good deal. $126 for it was not that bad in my book.
Intel is the kind of company that does not like to give its employees, Blue badges, or contracted employees, Green badges, which is what I am, discounts on anything any more unless you're one of the engineers.
Basically what I do is I'm a contracted employee through a temp agency, because I leave in January for Basic Training so I can not be considered a "full" employee, as that would mean me working there for a few years. Basically what my job is at Intel is to work in the NWPD, or as it was renamed, the OPD factory. It's located at Hawthorn Farm Campuss in Hillsboro, OR. Which is next to the widely known Jones Farm Campuss also in Hillsboro, OR. Check these links here...
It's cheaper than most of the Core 2 Duos, has the M0 stepping which is good less heat, top it all of with over-clocking and it's really a good deal. $126 for it was not that bad in my book.
Intel is the kind of company that does not like to give its employees, Blue badges, or contracted employees, Green badges, which is what I am, discounts on anything any more unless you're one of the engineers.
Basically what I do is I'm a contracted employee through a temp agency, because I leave in January for Basic Training so I can not be considered a "full" employee, as that would mean me working there for a few years. Basically what my job is at Intel is to work in the NWPD, or as it was renamed, the OPD factory. It's located at Hawthorn Farm Campuss in Hillsboro, OR. Which is next to the widely known Jones Farm Campuss also in Hillsboro, OR. Check these links here...
Thats Grimey. Intel should give employee's a discount no matter what kind of employee you are. Im not saying they should give a huge discount but at least give out discounts to match the tray price. If i worked for them and i had to pay retail i would get mad and end up stealing stuff most likely
Not to knock the e4500... it's a great chip, but with a 10x multiplier 2.86ghz (per Justin's rig) is cake. It's just odd to see it defended as a great overclocker with such a minimal (at least by core2 standards) overclock in place.
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