HEXUS.net has taken a look at where Intel are heading with their latest roadmap updates, including dual core, the Pentium 4 in the year to come, the Xeon and the Itanium processors.

For the enthusiast and workstation followers, it's easy to summarise the roadmap and its vision.

2005 for the Pentium 4 means no more than 3.8GHz, EM64T, a new Extreme Edition on the 1066MHz bus, a couple of new chipsets that support DDR2-667 and dual-core P4 right at the end of the year.

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