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Post to Slashdot| Intel Pentium 4 Life Cycles | |||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |||||||
| Processor Model | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 |
| Pentium 4 3.60GHz "Prescott" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | > | > |
| Pentium 4 3.4GHz "Prescott" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | > | > |
| Pentium 4 3.40GHz (HT; 800MHz QPB) | - | - | - | - | - | - | > | > | > |
| Pentium 4 3.20GHz (HT; 800MHz QPB) | - | - | - | - | - | > | > | > | > |
| Pentium 4 3.06GHz (HT; 533MHz QPB) | - | - | - | > | > | > | > | > | > |
| Pentium 4 3.0GHz (HT; 800MHz QPB) | - | - | - | - | - | > | > | > | > |
| Pentium 4 2.80GHz (HT; 800MHz QPB) | - | - | - | - | - | > | > | > | > |
| Pentium 4 2.80GHz (533MHz QPB) | - | - | > | > | > | > | > | > | - |
| Pentium 4 2.66GHz (533MHz QPB) | - | - | > | > | > | > | > | > | - |
| Pentium 4 2.60GHz (HT; 800MHz QPB) | - | - | - | - | - | > | > | > | - |
| Pentium 4 2.53GHz (533MHz QPB) | - | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | - |
| Pentium 4 2.40GHz (HT; 800MHz QPB) | - | - | - | - | - | > | > | - | - |
| Pentium 4 2.40GHz (533MHz QPB) | - | - | > | > | > | > | > | - | - |
| Pentium 4 2.40GHz (400MHz QPB) | - | > | > | > | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pentium 4 2.26GHz (533MHz QPB) | - | > | > | > | > | > | - | - | - |
| Pentium 4 2.20GHz (400MHz QPB) | - | > | > | > | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pentium 4 2.0GHz (400MHz QPB) | > | > | > | > | - | - | - | - | - |
I can point out a number of interesting facts about Intel’s strategy based on the table:
- Intel not only rapidly increases the core-speeds of its chips, but also pushes the processor bus frequencies up. As you may see, there will be no processors with core-speed below 2.80GHz by the end of the year and there will be only one Pentium 4 CPU with 533MHz QPB.
- There will be a very few Pentium 4 chips with 400MHz Quad Pumped Bus in the first quarter 2003.
- The real long-living CPU is the Pentium 4 2.53GHz, another chip to stay for a long time is the Pentium 4 3.06GHz.
- The Pentium 4 2.40GHz microprocessor seems to be a model made especially for hardware enthusiasts. With relatively low core frequency, this should be a rather interesting product in terms of price : performance ratio, as well as for overclocking.
See also: About Intel’s Transition to 800MHz Quad Pumped Bus.
