Monday, November 1, 2004
Intel is expected to release a faster version of its powerful but expensive Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor this week.
The introduction of the 3.46-GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition and the Intel 925XE chipset will make its the most powerful desktop ever with front-side-bus speed that top 1066Mhz, passing the older mark of 800Mhz.
The Pentium 4 Extreme Edition is basically the same as the Pentium 4 desktop processor, but it features 2MB of Level 3 cache compared to the 1MB of Level 2 cache on the Pentium 4. Cache memory is used to store frequently accessed data close to the processor, where it can be accessed more quickly than data stored in the main memory, improving performance.
Intel has decided to stop relying on increases in clock speed to improve processor performance and instead to use increased amounts of cache and multicore designs to create more powerful chips.
By: DocMemory
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