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Low End Northwood in short supply/Prescott 2nd 1/4

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zpyrd   01-02-2004 at 07:54:19 PM

Found this article from DigiTimes in my inbox.

Quote :


Short supply of entry-level P4 processors to widen
Charles Chou, Taipei; Chinmei Sung, DigiTimes.com


Entry-level Pentium 4 (P4) processors are in short supply in the retail market, and the problem may worsen after Intel launches its 90nm-processed P4 processor (Prescott) in the second quarter, local motherboard makers and chip distributors said.

Once Prescott processors are introduced, Intel will further reduce the supply of entry-level P4 chips, such as ones supporting 400 and 533MHz FSB (front-side bus) speeds, to boost Prescott sales along with sales of its other high-end P4 processors, sources said.

Intel’s prime marketing efforts are on P4 processors supporting the 800MHz FSB speed. However, demand for those high-speed chips in the retail market has not met expectations, according to sources.


It's not ground breaking news. Intel always dumps it's low end product line when a new product line is released. The interesting part is the comment about Prescott to be released in the second quarter of 2004.


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Coop   01-03-2004 at 12:11:55 AM
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What will Intel do if AMD comes with an 3400+ A64 one of these days ?
Again a EE ??? dont think intel thinks the people are such an idiots ???

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zpyrd   01-03-2004 at 12:28:42 AM
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An uneducated guess, Intel would release a few Prescotts to the media for benchmarking against the 3400+ A64 and stay with their internally set oem and retail release dates for Prescott.
AKA the infamous 'Paper Release'!

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Knewt   01-03-2004 at 03:05:27 AM
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after Intel launches its 90nm-processed P4 processor (Prescott) in the second quarter


Where does digitimes come up with this stuff?

Take my word for it. The official launch date for Prescott is Feb 2.

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