Intel to formally unveil 2 GHz Pentium 4

Kelly McNeill writes: “Intel Corp. will introduce its 2 GHz Pentium 4 processor next week, the latest salvo in its ongoing chip war with archrival Advanced Micro Devices. Intel’s official introduction and demonstration of the new processor will kick off its annual weeklong developers conference, which begins August 27th. Louis Burns, Intel’s vice-president and general manager of the company’s desktop products group, will act as the keynote speaker and officiate the press conference, in which several hardware and software manufacturers and developers will showcase systems and applications designed for the 2 GHz chip.”