Intel Launches Pentium 4 662 and 672 CPU’s with Virtualization
Intel has began shipping a pair of Pentium 4 chips equipped with the hardware bits designed to bring virtualization to a wide range of desktop PCs. The two virtualization-equipped chips are the single core 3.6GHz Pentium 4 662 and 3.8GHz Pentium 4 672, which are both readily available. All of the upcoming 65-nanometer Presler chips will have virtualization capabilities.
Intel Corp. on Monday began offering desktop PC processors with virtualization, a technology that can partition a computer to run multiple different types of software simultaneously. The Santa Clara, Calif., chipmaker sees offering features such as its Virtualization Technology, in addition to making the move to dual-core processors, as a new way of driving greater PC and server performance. Therefore the chipmaker, which switched from driving up clock speeds and selling individual chips to building out complete hardware platforms its customers can base their computers on, has begun spreading dual-core chips, virtualization and other features out across its product lines.
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