Intel Prescott prices for 2004 revealed

WHILE THE NEXT MAJOR desktop price revision for Pentium 4s comes on October the 26th, as we've detailed before, there will be a major price shift again in February next year as Intel begins to substitute the current Northwood generation of chips to Prescott.

Prescott volume pricing will give price parity throughout 2004, as Intel releases more and more desktop CPUs which include hyperthreading, a 800MHz front side bus, the famous Louis XIII Prescott New Instructions and all on 90 nanometer technology. Intel is obviously confident it can make the switch with few problems at all.

Frequencies of the desktop chips are broadly in line with the August roadmap details we published, but on the 5th of November Intel will introduce a 2.8GHz desktop Celeron processor at $117, while the 2.7GHz will be released on the 24th of September next. Price cuts for Celerons come on the 26th of October, with a 2.4GHz chip costing $70, and a 2.5GHz Celeron $80. The 2.7GHz Celeron will be introduced at $102. µ

	26 Oct	Intro	Intro	15 Feb	Intro	Q2 04
PSC 3.8						$637
PSC 3.6					$637
PSC 3.4		$638		$417
PSC 3.2	$417	$417		$278
P4 3.2				$278
PSC 3			$278	$218
P4 3	$278			$218
P4 3.06	$262			$218
PSC 2.8			$218	$178
P4 2.8	$218			$178
P4 2.8	$193			$163
P4 2.6	$178
P4 2.66	$163

* PRESCOTT (PSC) include Hyperthreading, 800MHz front side buses, PNI, 90 nanometer technology, and 1MB cache. The table shows how the Northwood will be displaced over the next nine to 10 months. Note that where the same frequency for the Pentium 4 appears twice, these represent 533MHz and 800MHz FSB versions of the same chip.

See Also
Intel readies "Celeron" Pentium M chips
All Intel roadmaps