Intel to ship Canterwood, new 3GHz P4 next week
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Pentium 4-based PCs will get a performance boost next week when Intel begins shipping its 875 chip set, formerly known by the code name Canterwood. The new chip set revs up the highest speed of the front-side bus used with Pentium 4 chips from 533MHz to 800MHz. Intel has scheduled a press conference to be held in Taipei, Taiwan on April 15 to announce the new chip set. Chip sets are a key component in PCs, where they are used to connect the processor to the main memory and to provide an interface with other PC components, including the graphics card and hard disk drives.