Intel starts Shipping Dual core Celeron Processors
Intel will be rolling out its first dual core Celeron in this month. It runs at 1.6 Ghz with 512 MB L2 cache and an 800 Mhz FSB. The chip inside is known as Celeron E1200. This is a good speed Celeron processor and Intel plans to roll out another version of Celeron in Q2 this year which has a better speed.
The latter one will have a dual core Celeron E1400 which has a speed of 2Ghz. There is no change in other specification as cache and FSB remain the same.
This new chip will be based on Intel’s 65nm process technology and will have a thermal rating of 65w. Intel Intelligent Power Capability, a feature of the Intel Celeron dual-core processor, optimizes energy usage in the processor cores by turning computing functions on only when needed.
Intel is selling the Celeron Dual-Core E1200 chips for US$53 each, in quantities of 1,000 units.
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With low-end Core2Duo being very cheap, I wonder why Intel needs to push out a processor for $50. But $50 processors may help build decent basic PCs for $250…
And maybe even to make a secondary HTPC+downloads (on always-on broadband) – I am thinking of one, and computer hardware at such rates is just right.