Intel to Sell Faster Pentium 4 Processor

Intel Corp. will start selling a smaller, faster version of its Pentium 4 computer processor this week, as the world’s biggest chip maker rolls out a new manufacturing process.

The new semiconductor runs at 2.4 gigahertz.

Within a month Intel will ship Pentium 4s made on larger, 300-millimeter wafers, spokesman Robert Manetta said.

The new chips will cost about $560 each in 1,000-unit shipments, Manetta said.