Intel ships 64-bit 500 series processors
By
Rodrigo Chia
on June 13, 2005 - 12:02 PM
Intel started to ship its anticipated 500 series Pentium 4 processors with 64-bit support. Other than EM64T, the new chips are identical to the older ones, featuring 800 MHz FSB, 1 MB of L2 cache, socket 775 and 90 nm production process. The list consists of the 521 (2.8 GHz), 531 (3 GHz), 541 (3.2 GHz), 551 (3.4 GHz), 561 (3.6 GHz) and 571 (3.8 GHz). Prices in 1,000-unit quantities are, respectively, USD 163, USD 178, USD 218, USD 278, USD 417 and USD 637. Intel also added a 670 model – with 2 MB of L2 – clocked at 3.8 GHz (USD 851).
Originally at http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/Intel-ships-64-bit-500-series-processors/356