Pentium 4 Hits 3.2 GHz
WinInfo | at | by Mike
And speaking of the fastest PC on the planet, Intel just ratcheted its performance champion Pentium 4 processor to 3.2 GHz, up from the previous fastest speed of 3.06 GHz. Like its predecessor, the 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 utilizes an Intel 875P chipset, an 800 MHz front-side bus, dual-channel 400 MHz DDR SDRAM, and 6.4 Gbps of bandwidth between the CPU and the chipset. Systems based on the new PC and its supporting chipset are now shipping from major PC makers like Dell, Gateway, HP, and MPC (the former MicronPC). Curiously, none of these companies held a major press event to announce the arrival of the fastest personal computers on the planet.