Intel's new 3GHz Pentium (note the even 3GHz number, rather than 3.06GHz), is now characterized to run on an 800MHz System Bus with a Quad Pumped 200MHz reference clock and DDR400 Memory Bus.

Forty years ago, Intel released the 8086 processor, introducing the x86 architecture that underlies every PC—Windows, Mac, or Linux—produced today.

Pricing and Availability In 1,000-unit quantities, the 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor with HT Technology and an 800MHz system bus is priced at $417 and will be available shortly.

A system-chip targeting image and voice processing and recognition application domains is implemented as a representative of the potential of using programmable logic in system design. It features an ...