Intel ships 1.6-GHz, 1.8-GHz pentium 4

PCWorld: “Intel raised the speed bar to 1.8GHz for its family of Pentium 4 chips, up from 1.7GHz. The company also introduced a 1.6GHz P4
model; now Intel offers P4s at 100MHz increments from 1.3GHz to 1.8GHz.

The new chips are meant to provide customers with additional price/performance points, according to George Alfs, Intel
spokesperson.”