Retail 3.0E delayed 'til April

[klah]

http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2004/03/01&pages=A7&seq=44

Intel has delayed general availability of its 90nm 3GHz Prescott processors to April from the original schedule of mid-March due to production capacity constraints at its wafer foundry, according to sources at Taiwanese distributors. The processor was originally expected to be available in mid-March. It is unclear if there has been any impact on the availability of this processor to OEM customers.

 

[mbhame]

What are all the extra pins for in that Prescott the article talks about??? that's about, what, ~60% more pins?!

 

[apoppin]

Intel?s desktop-use 3GHz Prescott will be available in a 775-pin package, not the 478-pin package of the 2.8GHz Prescott which the company launched in early February.

The new Prescott will require a different MB than the Northwoods and earliest (2.4E and) 2.8E iterations.

Hopefully this prescott won't require watercooling and will O/C better.

2 Week delay?

That is NO delay.