Bangalore: Intel Corporation on October 8 delivered four new desktop chipsets that bring advanced levels of performance, reliability and flexibility to personal computer (PC) users, who demand a richer digital media, gaming and broadband experience, according to an official press release.

The enhanced Intel 850E chipset and the new Intel 845GE, 845PE and 845GV chipsets are available in PCs with immediate effect. All of these chipsets will support Intel's groundbreaking Hyper-Threading (HT) technology, which enables software programs to run as though there are two processors available with only one processor physically in place. HT technology will be introduced later in 2002 on desktop PCs with the Intel Pentium 4 processor at 3.06 GHz, the release said.

"Not only will they dramatically enrich a PC user's experience today, they also provide the platform foundation for our upcoming HT technology, which can deliver up to 25 per cent more performance for many mainstream consumer and business applications," said Louis Burns, vice-president and general manager of Intel's desktop platforms group.