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Posted by timothy on Monday February 07, 2005 @02:21PM from the also-makes-toast dept.

Quantrell writes "Today is the first full day of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, and Intel has announced that dual-core Pentium 4s are coming in the second quarter, one in the Extreme Edition line (no surprise there), and also the Smithfield Pentium 4 800 series, which is the next so-called consumer desktop line. No word on pricing, yet."

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About time... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @02:23PM (#11598694)

Twice the inefficiency!

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What about P5? (Score:5, Funny)

by pranay ( 724362 ) writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @02:24PM (#11598707)

What about P5? I will need it to play my copy of Duke Nukem Forever!

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Awsome! (Score:5, Funny)

by irokitt ( 663593 ) writes: <archimandrites-iaur@@@yahoo...com> on Monday February 07, 2005 @02:26PM (#11598724)

Now I can fry two eggs at once!

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Re:Well... (Score:4, Funny)

by BlueThunderArmy ( 751258 ) writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @02:28PM (#11598745) Homepage

Looks like the "Who is Winning the CPU War" line just shifted again.
No, I think Apple's still on top of that.

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Pricing... (Score:5, Funny)

by riptide_dot ( 759229 ) * writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @02:29PM (#11598765)

"No word on pricing, yet."

Is that kind of like saying "if you have to ask, you can't afford it"?

P4 EE - $989 [newegg.com]

Gotta go; I have to sell a kidney or three to afford this thing...

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Ridiculous (Score:2, Funny)

by deusexcrottsma ( 700855 ) writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @02:35PM (#11598846)

The notion of having a dual core processor is ridiculous. I mean, with just one processor I'm perpetually afraid that my computer will attain self-awareness, and with 350 watts or so at its disposal there's no telling what kind of havoc it'll wreak upon my tender organic tissues. Now with two processors in my computer box there's no telling what kind of trouble I'll be exposed to. Why don't you just embed a .357 Magnum revolver into the chipset? Processor designers are deranged.

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Re:Well... (Score:5, Funny)

by Leroy_Brown242 ( 683141 ) writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @02:38PM (#11598888) Homepage Journal

Well, now with two cores that are near half as efficient, I think they are just about to catch up. :)

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Re:Well... (Score:2, Funny)

by Vampyre_Dark ( 630787 ) writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @02:39PM (#11598895)

Only if you hold the charts upside down.

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Dupe? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @02:50PM (#11599044)

Previous story: NASA Proposes Warming Mars

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New Case Design - Not mentioned (Score:5, Funny)

by dsginter ( 104154 ) writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @02:57PM (#11599126)

Nere's a pic [mini-itx.com] of the new form factor that they will be using for the case.

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Re:About time... (Score:3, Funny)

by eric_brissette ( 778634 ) writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @03:06PM (#11599233)

...or your AC will have to be cranking in order to keep the room cool.

You should be fine so long as AC and the computer aren't on the same circuit in your home.

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Re:About time... (Score:5, Funny)

by mrwonton ( 456172 ) writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @03:08PM (#11599274) Homepage

I don't know about AC, but I live in Michigan, and plan on putting one of these in every room. Central heat? Naaah, distributed dual core pentiums.

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Re:Well Intel I got to hand it to you . . . (Score:3, Funny)

by mapmaker ( 140036 ) writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @03:21PM (#11599426)

your dual-core is a kludge on top of a kludge
Maybe Intel should call them dual-kludge processors instead of dual-core?

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Dual-core P4 EE w/ HT - best product name ever. (Score:5, Funny)

by eric_brissette ( 778634 ) writes: on Monday February 07, 2005 @03:30PM (#11599520)

Honestly. The Dual Core Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition with Hyper-Threading Technology.

Am I the only one that thinks that sounds funny? Like someone took a steaming PR doodoo into the buzzword generator at Intel?

Personally, I think I'll hold off until they release the Dual Core Intel Pentium Processor Fusion Edition Titanium Pack PRO with Spastic-Threading Nano-Techno-Giga-Awesome Technology.

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