Having focused on the launching of the new Pentium 4 processors with 0.13micron Northwood core, Intel nevertheless, didn’t forget about its Pentium III family. Today the company announced a new Pentium III-S CPU intended for servers and working at 1.4GHz. Like its predecessors, new Pentium III-S CPU uses 133MHz FSB and is based on 0.13micron Tualatin core with 512KB L2 cache. Its heat dissipation makes 31.2W.
According to the official Intel’s position, new Pentium III-S 1.4GHz processors are targeted for general purpose dual-processor servers and rack-mount servers. The manufacturer also claims that the Pentium III-S CPUs do not work in regular desktop mainboards, even in those supporting Tualatin. However, we dare to express some doubts about this statement, which is actually born by Intel’s marketing policy, because there is a great lot of examples when Pentium III-S CPUs were used in regular desktop PCs. Maybe this way Intel tries to convince obedient users to move to Pentium 4 family ASAP.
We also consider it worth pointing out that the announcement of Pentium III-S 1.4GHz doesn’t mean the end of the Pentium III-S family. According to Intel’s latest plans, there will be one more Pentium III-S 1.53GHz coming out in Q3 2002.
As for the cost of the new processors, Pentium III-S 1.4GHz will sell for $315 in 1,000-unit quantities. Just in case you forgot here are the prices of other Pentium III-S models (0.13micron technology, 512KB L2 cache, 133MHz FSB): at present the official price of Pentium III-S 1.2GHz makes $241, Pentium III-S 1.13GHz - $202. However, as far as we know, on January 27 the price of Pentium III-S 1.2GHz will drop down to $202, and that of Pentium III-S 1.13GHz – down to $170.