World’s Highest Performance PC Processor Available
NEWS RELEASE
INTEL INTRODUCES PENTIUM® III PROCESSOR AT
ONE GIGAHERTZ
World’s Highest Performance PC Processor
Now Available
AUCKLAND, March 9, 2000 – Intel
Corporation today introduced the Intel Pentium® III
processor 1 GHz (gigahertz or 1,000 megahertz), the world’s
highest performance microprocessor for PCs. The Pentium III
processor at 1 GHz delivers a 15 percent performance gain
over the fastest processors on the market
today.**
“Intel’s Pentium III processor operating at 1 GHz is the highest performance microprocessor for PCs, enabling Intel’s customers to ship the fastest personal computers in the world," said Scott Gilmour, General Manager, Intel New Zealand. “Intel continues to provide the best performance today and we have a microprocessor roadmap that will continue to keep our customers at the forefront of technology in the future.”
The Pentium III processor 1 GHz achieves the highest PC performance scores ever, based on today’s most current industry standard benchmarks. The Pentium III processor 1 GHz achieves a SPECint2000* benchmark rating of 410 and a SPECfp2000* result of 284, versus 355 and 256 scores, respectively, for an Intel Pentium III processor 800 MHz. Using the BAPCo’s SYSmark* 2000 running under Windows* 2000, the Pentium III processor 1 GHz delivers a score of 188, surpassing the previous record of 170 held by an Intel Pentium III processor 800 MHz. For Internet performance, using Ziff-Davis’ Internet benchmark iBench (using Windows 98), the Pentium III processor 1 GHz outpaced the 800 MHz by 14 percent for loading complex Web pages.***
At the US Intel
Developer Forum last month, Intel showed production-level
PCs from Dell, HP and IBM featuring the Pentium III
processor 1 GHz and its processor line up for the balance of
this year. The company demonstrated its next generation
microarchitecture for performance PCs – code named
Willamette – operating at 1.5 GHz. Eight workstation and
server manufacturers showed Intel’s new 64-bit
microarchitecture – the Intel Itanium
processor – in systems targeted to reach the market later
this year. These Itanium processor-based computers will
become the engine for e-Business. In addition, Intel showed
Timna, a product that features smart integration to enable
PCs that will cost less than US$600, also targeted for the
market place this year.
Intel’s Pentium III processor 1 GHz is available now in limited quantities and is being offered by leading computer makers targeting today’s PC enthusiasts, who demand state-of-the-art performance for media-rich Internet sites and advanced applications such as digital photography, video editing, music, voice recognition and 3-D gaming.
High Performance Features
Last October,
Intel introduced Pentium III processors featuring an
integrated Level 2 cache that runs at the full speed of the
processor core. This feature, named the Advanced Transfer
Cache, enables application performance to scale with
increasing clock frequencies. This technology is a key to
the outstanding performance of the Pentium III processor 1
GHz. Most other processors on the market offer older
technologies that keep the cache memory from operating at
full frequencies, limiting the PC’s full ability to deliver
performance to the user.
Pricing and Availability
The
Pentium III processor 1 GHz in SECC2 packaging is priced at
US$990 in 1,000-unit quantities, and is available now in
limited quantities.
Intel, the world’s largest
chipmaker, 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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* Third party marks and
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**
Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific
computer systems and/or components and reflect the
approximate performance of Intel products as measured by
those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software
design or configuration may affect actual performance.
Buyers should consult other sources of information to
evaluate the performance of systems or components they are
considering purchasing. For more information on performance
tests and on the performance of Intel products, reference
www.intel.com/procs/perf/limits.htm
*** iBench 1.01 Load Complex Pages 1 GHz = 13.1 seconds, 800 MHz = 15.0 seconds. i-Bench* is a tool created by ZD, Inc., to evaluate the performance of computer functions related to retrieving content from the Internet. Variations in the configuration or performance of the network over which the test is run (including the Internet) and differences in system hardware or software design or configuration may materially affect test results and actual performance. For more information on i-Bench, see i-bench.zdnet.com/ibench/i-bench.htm.
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