Rene van der Veen schrijft: "Maandag zal Intel de 1,13 GHz Pentium III introduceren, meldt CNET. Hiermee neemt Intel een voorsprong op AMD die de concurrerende 1,1 GHz Athlon pas 28 augustus uit zal brengen. De 1,13 GHz Pentium III zal voor 990 dollar te koop zijn. De prijs van de 1 GHz Pentium III zal hierdoor waarschijnlijk dalen naar 750 dollar. "
Intel will hurdle past another speed barrier Monday when it releases a 1.13-GHz Pentium III, but rival Advanced Micro Devices won't be far behind with a 1.1-GHz Athlon on Aug. 28.
AMD is also busy preparing Athlon chips for the notebook market. In the fourth quarter, the company will come out with Corvette, a low-power version of Athlon for deluxe notebooks and desktops, and Camaro, a similar chip for budget portables.
Intel's new chip, which will sell for around $990 in volume quantities, is expected to be featured in computers from Dell Computer and IBM, among other manufacturers. With the new chip, Intel will likely drop the price of its 1-GHz Pentium III to around $750. However, the company won't likely cut other Pentium III prices, as it shaved the wholesale prices on the rest of the line by 10 to 24 percent on July 17.