Intel SHIPS PENTIUM® 4 PROCESSOR OPERATING at 2.2 BILLION CYCLES PER SECOND

Intel SHIPS PENTIUM® 4 PROCESSOR
OPERATING at 2.2 BILLION CYCLES PER SECOND



Highest Performance for Music, Video and Photo-Intensive Applications



SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 7, 2002 - Intel Corporation today introduced its

highest-performing Pentium® 4 processor ever, running at 2.2 gigahertz

(GHz), or 2.2 billion cycles per second. Built using Intel's most advanced

manufacturing technologies, the processor sets the stage for a new class of

high-performance PCs that power increasingly popular digital music,

photography and video uses, as well the latest applications being developed

for the workplace.

Systems based on the Pentium 4 processor at 2.2 GHz are available

immediately from leading computer makers worldwide.

The 2.2 GHz milestone comes at a time when nearly 450 million people use PCs

that run at 700 MHz or less. While those PCs were state of the art two to

four years ago, they pre-date the MP3 revolution, streaming video on the

Internet, recordable DVDs and the online gaming phenomenon. The most recent

data from InfoTrends Research Group, Inc. shows that 33 percent of online

households own a digital camera. By 2005, Forrester Research says that 92

percent of US online households will create and share personal multimedia

content.





"People are making digital media a regular part of their lives, and
the new

technology behind the Pentium 4 processor at 2.2 GHz makes those experiences

better yet," said Louis Burns, vice president and general manager, Intel

Desktop Platforms Group. "This holiday season brought another surge in
sales

of digital cameras, and as consumers use such devices to record and share

their lives with others, the highest-performing PCs enable the best

experiences."





New Manufacturing Innovations Lead to Processor Performance





The new Pentium 4 processor is built on the semiconductor industry's most

advanced manufacturing technology, Intel's 0.13-micron fabrication process,

using highly-efficient copper interconnects. Using this technology, Intel

was able to increase the chip's on-board memory (called level two cache)

while reducing overall processor size by over 30 percent. With Intel's

0.13-micron process technology, it is possible to build circuits so small

that 55 million transistors can be placed on each chip. It would take almost

1000 of these "wires" placed side-by-side to equal the width of a
human

hair.

Intel's 0.13-micron process technology features the world's fastest and

smallest transistors (60 nanometer) used in volume production. These

transistors are the foundation of the industry's highest performance

microprocessors

The Pentium 4 processor at 2.2 GHz is the world's highest-performance

desktop processor as measured by the SPEC CPU* 2000 benchmark running

Microsoft* Windows* XP. The Pentium 4 processor at 2.2 GHz delivers the

world's highest Windows XP desktop processor score on SPECint*_base2000,

with a score of 771. In addition, the Pentium 4 processor at 2.2 GHz

delivers a SPECfp*_base2000 score of 766.





Platform Innovation





Intel also announced that its popular Intel 845 chipset now supports DDR

memory, providing the industry with a high volume DDR solution that delivers

both high reliability and memory interoperability. With its 845 and 850

chipsets, Intel is now shipping the Pentium 4 processor in all performance

and mainstream computing segments with a full range of platform solutions

supporting all major memory technologies. The 845 chipset has supported

SDRAM memory since it was originally launched in August of 2001.





Two new Intel Desktop Board products, the D845PT and D845BG, support the 845

chipset and DDR memory and have been shipping since December. Today Intel

also announced two desktop boards (D850MVSE and D845BGSE) that support up to

five USB 2.0 ports. The higher bandwidth connections available through

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 capitalize on the faster processing power of the Intel

Pentium 4 processor. The two boards are being launched in advance of Intel's

introduction of a USB 2.0-integrated chipset that will arrive in PCs later

this year.





Pricing and Availability





The Pentium 4 processor at 2.2 GHz, with 512KB level two cache, is available

now and priced at $562 in 1,000-unit quantities. The Pentium 4 processor at

2.0 "A" GHz with 512KB level two cache ("A" signifies the
0.13-micron

version) is priced at $364. Intel is also shipping boxed Intel Pentium 4

processors up to 2.2 GHz to distributors and system builders worldwide.
The

Intel 845 chipset sells for $39 in 1,000-unit quantities.

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of

computer, networking and communications products. Additional information

about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.

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Editor's Note: PCs based on the Intel Pentium 4 processor at 2.2 GHz will

be exhibited at the Intel booth (#331) at the 2002 International Consumer

Electronics Show Jan. 8-11 in Las Vegas.



Intel and Pentium® 4 processor are registered trademarks of Intel

Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.



* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.