This is relevant for the emulator users!
Got this story from the tech section of my local news paper (Pensacola News Journal, Florida)!
AP News wire storySANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Chip-making giant Intel Corp. plans to upgrade its flagship Pentium 4 processor for desktop computers next year and make another version available for laptops in coming weeks.
The desktop Pentium 4, code-named Prescott, will incorporate a new technology called hyper threading that tricks the operating system into thinking it is running on two processors instead of one.
The performance-boosting technology, first announced last year, made its debut this week in a line of Pentium 4 processors for servers.
The company also demonstrated a 4-Gigahertz Pentium 4, which is expected to be available next year. Currently, the Pentium 4 line tops out at 2.2 GHz.
Intel also plans to release Pentium 4-based mobile processors that run at greater than 1.5 GHz. Laptops built with the Pentium 4-M chips are expected in the coming weeks.
The announcements were made Wednesday during the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
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