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Intel to release 2.4GHz P4

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Determined it can win the performance argument with Advanced Micro Devices on
the basis of the MegaHertz speed gap between the Pentium 4 and Athlon chips,
Intel is expected to announce a new 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor. Currently, the
fastest Pentium 4 chip runs at 2.2 GHz. The fastest AMD Athlon does about 1.7
billion cycles per second. The 2.4GHz Pentium 4 chip will cost $560 each in
quantities of 1,000, typically the price at which Intel introduces its
top-of-the-line processor.

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Just one year ago, AMD's Athlon processors were faster than Intel's. But the
Santa Clara chip company has since embarked on a strategy to put an
ever-increasing performance gap between its top-of-the-line chips and those form
AMD. While AMD has been able to claim similar performance due to a better
architecture, the megahertz gap is quickly becoming too large and thus
relegating the Athlon chip to second-class citizenship in the world of PC
processors.

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