Santa Clara, CA — (press release excerpt) — Intel Corp. today introduced new versions of the Intel Pentium 4 processor. All three new processors — Intel Pentium 4 processors at 2.53, 2.40, and 2.26 GHz — include a 533 MHz system bus. Previous Pentium 4 processors interact with the rest of the system using a 400 MHz system bus. Intel also introduced the 850E chipset, which is designed to operate at the new system bus speed.

The Pentium 4 processor, with 512KB level-two cache and operating at a 533 MHz system bus speed, is available now at 2.53 GHz, 2.4 GHz and 2.26 GHz and is priced at $637, $562 and $423, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities. The new 850E chipset is now available and is priced at $37 in 1,000-unit quantities.

 
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