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HP, Lenovo Bring Out Dual-Core Business PCs

HP and Lenovo are among the PC makers rolling out business desktops armed with Intel Corp.’s new dual-core Pentium D processor and accompanying chip set. Intel launched the new technology at an event Thursday in San Francisco. The desktop processor is the second dual-core desktop chip from the Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker, and it […]

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Jeffrey Burt
May 27, 2005
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HP and Lenovo are among the PC makers rolling out business desktops armed with Intel Corp.’s new dual-core Pentium D processor and accompanying chip set.

Intel launched the new technology at an event Thursday in San Francisco. The desktop processor is the second dual-core desktop chip from the Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker, and it comes less than a week before rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. launches its Athlon 64 X2 dual-core PC chip.

AMD already released its dual-core Opteron server processor. Intel will start releasing its server chips with dual-core capabilities starting at the end of the year.

Hewlett-Packard Co., of Palo Alto, Calif., is rolling out a new entry-level workstation and business desktop featuring the new chip and 945G chip set. The xw4300 workstation will run on both the single-core and dual-core Pentiums.

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Jeffrey Burt has been a journalist for more than three decades, the last 20-plus years covering technology. During more than 16 years with eWEEK, he covered everything from data center infrastructure and collaboration technology to AI, cloud, quantum computing and cybersecurity. A freelance journalist since 2017, his articles have appeared on such sites as eWEEK, eSecurity Planet, Enterprise Networking Planet, Enterprise Storage Forum, Channel Insider, The Next Platform, ITPro Today, Channel Futures, Channelnomics, SecurityNow, and Data Breach Today.

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