Another Intel processor with EM64T

Now that's Windows XP Professional x64 Edition he began his conquest tour, the time has come for the ability to execute 64 - bit instructions to become available to everyone pretty slowly.

A very cost-effective member of the Intel Pentium 4 family, the 2,66 GHz 506 replaces the previous Model 505, and its innovation, as made clear from the introduction, is support for the EM64T. Available for under $ 163, the product is a Prescott-based solution with 1 MB of second-level cache, with a system bus of only 533 MHz, but is already compatible with the LGA775 platform. Of course, a BIOS update is required to take advantage of the EM64T.

The first specimens will begin on May 27, and mass shipping will begin on June 10. As we know, soon the entire 500 Pentium 4 family will get the 64-bit capabilities, and over time, the Celerons they suffer a similar fate, so there could be a lot of pressure on AMD's 32-bit Semprons only.