Intel sets dates for dual desktop, 6XX 2MB Pentium 4s

“ THE LATEST INTEL ROADMAPS seen by the INQUIRER indicate that the launch of its dual core desktop processors – the X20, the X30 and the X40 – will be launched in the third quarter of 2005, suggesting they won’t proliferate in PCs until the fourth quarter.

These chips will two Pentium 4 dies in one package, each with 1MB of L2 cache, and supporting Intel’s EM64T 64-32 extensions.

At the same time, it appears that Intel’s 3.73MHz Pentium 4 is being pushed back to a February launch, will have 2MB of L2 rather than L3 cache, and will coincide with the introduction of the 6XX Pentium 4 series. These chips are numbered 630 (3GHz), 640 (3.20GHz), 650 (3.40GHz) and 660 (3.60GHz) but the 670 (3.80GHz) won’t be introduced until the second quarter of next year.”