From the Dark Side--Intel Shipping Dual-Core Pentium D CPUs

Could this be what Apple is after in its discussions with Intel? Intel plans to ship 100,000 by the end of June and millions by the end of the year. The Pentium D running at 2.8-3.2GHz is destined for consumer PCs but needs software written to take advantage of its dual cores. Dual-core CPUs like dual CPUs are great at running multiple applications at the same time as well. More... [Dana Baggett]