Intel recently announced the imminent release of their new dual-core Pentiums in their next Extreme Edition P4 line.
Here's some testing of a prototype pc on AnandTech.com (a great site):
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=2388
Dell (I like Dell) also announced shipping the Pentium Extreme Edition 840 soon in their Gen 5 XPS desktop (and also server pcs too).
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120416,00.asp
Should be interesting, especially for those looking for their next high end workstation, for those like me doing DV editing (and soon HDV editing) & video encoding and those who want to multi-task with simultaneous heavy computer use.