Sources that reckon to know, claim Intel"s 2.80GHz Pentium 4 part may not see the light of day because Windows doesn"t like it.
Reports claimed that the speed of the chip causes Windows 2000 "to crash and burn."
While Windows XP doesn"t like the speed of the processor, not one little bit.And it"s not just Intel chips too, the claim continues. Athlon processors at high speeds are experiencing problems as well.We are contacting the chip companies to get their view on this, if they have a view, that is.
Our source claims, too, that slower P4s combined with faster chipsets – like the 845G and later throw up similar problems.
And, rather than have Microsoft address the problem head-on, Intel is prepared to allow the 2.8 Gig part to slip quietly from the limelight, the source claimed.
This, however, would seem to be extremely unlikely to us because its future depends on scaling the Pentium 4 to 2.8GHz and higher. AMD has similar ambitious plans.