PC Perspective has posted a review on the Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 840 Processor

This week sees the introduction of the dual core processors intended for the desktop market from Intel. AMD is also releasing a dual core part this week, but their Opteron series is aimed at servers and workstations.

Dual core processors are a pretty complex subject, and in order to fit this summary review in a single page, it's not possible for me to really get into the technical details of what makes them tick (no pun intended). You can either take a look at the full detailed review of the processor here of you can look through my Intel Developer Forum coverage from this past Februrary.

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