Intel Adds Affordable 64-bit Pentium 4 Processors into Price-List

The world?s largest chipmaker Intel Corp. has quietly added several Intel Pentium 4 500-series processors with 64-bit capability turned on into its price-list. The company did not specifically announce the chips, but their addition to the list means that the firm is actually shipping them and even users in budget would shortly take advantage of the 64-bit technology.

Intel?s lineup of EM64T- and EDB-enabled Intel Pentium 4 processor 500-series, as expected consists of models 571, 561, 551, 541, 531 and 521, which are clocked at 3.80GHz, 3.60GHz, 3.40GHz, 3.20GHz, 3.00GHz and 2.80GHz respectively. The new chips substitute Intel Pentium 4 models 570, 560, 550, 540, 530 and 520 on the market, the world?s largest chipmaker indicated. The new microprocessors support Hyper-Threading tech, are equipped with 1MB of L2 cache, designed to be drop-in compatible with LGA775 infrastructure with 800MHz processor system bus and retain thermal specs similar to predecessors. Intel also has plans to intriduce a 2.66GHz chip without HT that use 533MHz processor system bus, but still sports EM64T. The only thing needed to use the new 64-bit processors with already installed mainboards is BIOS support for the EM64T.