Intel's one up on AMD, introduces 800MHz processor

BANGALORE: Intel Corporation has introduced Pentium III processors at 800 MHz and 750 MHz, establishing Intel’s highest levels of performance for the desktop.

"Intel’s Pentium III processor is the fastest microprocessor in the desktop Personal Computers market segment," said Atul Vijaykar,Director South Asia, Intel. "We are committed to delivering the highest performance processors and platform solutions to our customers."

Like all Pentium III processors based on Intel’s advanced 0.18-micron process technology, these new processors feature Advanced Transfer Cache and Advanced System Buffering. These technologies boost performance by placing a full-speed level two cache memory directly on the processor die and increasing the width of the data pathway to the processor, said an Intel release.

Intel’s 0.18 micron-based Pentium III processors feature the Advanced Transfer Cache and Advanced System Buffering to deliver higher performance than earlier versions based on 0.25-micron technology even at the same clock frequencies. The Advanced Transfer Cache includes 256 Kbytes of on-die level two cache running at full processor speed and connected to the processor via a new, 256-bit wide data path. Advanced System Buffering technology increases the number of "buffers" between the processor and its system bus to further speed the flow of information for higher overall system performance.

As a result of higher clock speed and these advanced features, the Pentium III processor 800 MHz achieves a SPECint95* benchmark rating of 38.4 and a SPECfp95* result of 28.9, the release added.

The Pentium III processor 800 MHz is priced at US$851 in 1,000-unit quantities; the 750 MHz version is priced at US$803. Both speeds are available now with volume ramping in first quarter.