Hmm, im generally quite fond of the BBC, but they are a tad behind on this one

Intel dropped the speed race soon after AMD did, almost a year ago, before the release of the prescott

the current push is toward duel core and more hyperthreading power, with lower power consumption and hence lower heat generation

this has been known for ages
but they DID only just announce that they were cancelling the 4Ghz P4 (ofcoruse they will still release a 4Ghz chip, it just wont be based on the P4 core, atleast, not at the moment)

it is already evident that they have slowed the 'speed race' down significantly, at its height we would see increases 5 fold in little over a year the current high end is still 3.6ghz, it was 3.2 in december

tut tut the BBC

thanks for bringing it up though fergal