INTEL INTRODUCES 2.4 GHZ PENTIUM® 4 PROCESSOR

INTEL INTRODUCES 2.4
GHZ PENTIUM® 4 PROCESSOR

Smaller Circuits and Bigger
Wafers

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April
2, 2002 - Intel today introduced the Pentium® 4 processor at 2.4 gigahertz
(GHz) -- or 2.4 billion cycles per second. Intel is now producing Pentium
4 processors using new smaller circuits and large 300mm wafers.

The Pentium 4 processor
is the world's highest performance desktop processor and the highest-volume
shipping microprocessor in the world. Intel now ships well over 10 times
the number of Pentium 4 processors compared to its first full quarter
of Pentium 4 processor production in the first quarter of 2001.

"The leadership performance
and higher density of the 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor are the results
of continuous improvements in design and process technology," said
Sunlin Chou, senior vice president and general manager, Technology and
Manufacturing Group. "We have enhanced our 0.13-micron process with
faster transistors, smaller feature sizes, and 300mm manufacturing efficiencies,
while we continue to ramp up production in multiple factories. This is
part of our ongoing effort to deliver the best computing capabilities
to our customers in volume."

The Pentium 4 processor
is built on Intel's industry-leading 0.13-micron process technology, which
has the fastest and smallest CMOS transistors available in high-volume
production. Intel is also now building the Pentium 4 processor on 300mm
wafers. After further optimizing the manufacturing process, Intel has
begun production of Pentium 4 processors with 10 percent smaller die area.
The combination of larger wafers and smaller die size will lower manufacturing
cost and raise output.

Intel has five fabrication
facilities in 0.13-micron production now, four running 200mm wafers and
one running 300mm wafers. With improved 0.13-micron technology and 300mm
wafers, Intel can provide more than five times the amount of product on
a single wafer compared to that of the initial Pentium 4 processor that
was shipped in November 2000. Each Pentium 4 processor chip has 512K of
performance-enhancing level-two cache, 55 million transistors, and advanced
(SSE2) multimedia instructions. This processor contains the fastest and
smallest (60 nanometers) CMOS transistors in mass production. This leadership
in manufacturing technology results in desktop microprocessors with the
highest clock rates and performance in the industry. Intel's design and
manufacturing improvements will help the company as it seeks to meet its
target of shipping Pentium 4 processors at 3 GHz by year's end.

Performance, Pricing and Availability



The Pentium 4 processor at 2.40 GHz delivers the world's highest Windows*
desktop processor performance as measured by SPEC CPU* 2000 with a SPECint*_base2000
score of 819 and a SPECfp*_base2000 score of 806.

The Pentium 4 processor
at 2.4 GHz, with 512KB level-two cache, is available now and priced at
$562 in 1,000-unit quantities. Intel is also shipping boxed Intel Pentium
4 processors up to 2.4 GHz to Intel authorized distributors for system
integrators worldwide.

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.