In 1995 the Pentium Pro was introduced leading to dual and multi-processor x86 servers that replaced proprietary systems engineered and provisioned by single companies.
Intel has had less success with Itanium. The idea is the same, though. Replace a system engineered by a single vendor with multiple players and off-the-shelf components.
The introduction of the 1333-MHz front-side bus (FSB) on the desktop shall stop production of certain 1066-MHz FSB Core 2 Duos.
Intel shall cut prices of many of its CPUs on July 22, at which time it shall introduce desktop processors that support a 1333-MHz FSB. These are not Penryn processors, which will also be able to run the FSB at 1333-MHz, but 1333-MHz FSB predecessors.
What is most striking are the prices of the new 1333-MHz FSB microprocessors, “about 40% lower than the current 1066MHz CPU lineup”.
Motherboards with a previous 965 chipset “cannot support CPUs that run at 1333MHz”.
A 1333-MHz FSB requires a 3 Series chipset. The 3 Series was just introduced this quarter. Penetration of the 3 Series chipset family should go from 15% this quarter to 38% in the third quarter.
Intel is the strongest it’s been “for the past five years”.
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