Intel dual desktop core chips to be called x20, x30, x40

And it appears that when the first "Smithfield" core processors are launched in the third quarter of next year, they will be called the x20, the x30 and the x40. An x20 is a twin 1MB L2 cache processor supporting EM64T extensions and the "execute disable" bit.

Clock speed for the x20 will be 2.80GHz, for the x30 3GHz and for the x40 3.20GHz - they will have 800MHz system buses and use the LGA775 socket.

Meanwhile, Intel's 630, 640, 650 and 660 processors, which have 2MB of L2 cache and 800MHz system buses, will be launched in the first quarter, but we don't expect to see them in systems until Q2. They will cost $225, $270, $400 and $600 respectively.

When Intel launches the 670, a 3.8GHz part, it will cost $850 or so.

The only remaining chips on the desktop to launch this year are the 570J, a 800MHz 3.8GHz part - expected in mid-November at $640; and the 1066MHz 3.46MHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, slated for launch at the end of this month at nigh nearly $1,000. µ

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