Intel Celeron “Prescott” Processors to Get New Branding

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Intel will rename its Celeron chips produced using 90nm process technology launching this June. The main idea of the action is to help customers to distinguish between various value chips.

All Celeron processors with Prescott core inside in LGA775, mPGA478 or other form-factors will be branded as Intel Celeron D. Previously Intel has never used any additional numbers of letters in the branding of value chips. All Celeron processors, including the first Celeron 266MHz chip based on Klamath core and the latest Celeron 2.80GHz based on Northwood core, carried the same brand-name that does not indicate the products’ micro-architecture.

Intel Celeron D processors will have 256KB of level-two cache, twice the size of current Celeron ships, and 533MHz Quad Pumped Bus, a 33% improvement over 0.13 micron value chips from the Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker. Besides, the new Celeron CPUs also sport SSE3 technology found in Pentium 4 “Prescott”. The chips will not have Hyper-Threading technology enabled, though.

Official comments on the story from Intel Corp. are not available.

News source: X-Bit Labs

#1 Smeg on 18 Apr 2004 - 13:25

so what would a Celeron D compare to against Pentium? I pentium 3? a pentium 2.0Ghz?

#2 HappyCar on 18 Apr 2004 - 13:50

It will be good when all these things have calmed down with the new names
Video cards, CPU's.
I wonder how these Celerons will perform?

#3 NinjaOfLove on 18 Apr 2004 - 14:33

These Celerons look interesting. I just can't afford the faster Pentium 4s. Just have to see how Intel prices them.

#4 Bud on 18 Apr 2004 - 16:32

It good that they want to distinguish between celeron versions. The improvements are a good step forward to making the Celeron more appeal to consumers that want decent performance with a budget system.

Depending on how these perform, one of these particlualar chips may be going into a system for my mother being she really needs to bury that p3 450 shes using.

(1 reply) #5 tkyoshi on 18 Apr 2004 - 18:47

And hopefully intel can get the processor thermals down so the computer doesn't become a heater.

Considering the current prescott situation they may be slower than their Northwood counterparts but they are finally getting a boost to the 533Bus and more cache so it should help. Oh well, we'll have to wait and see, i hope Intel can get them right this time.

The Tualatin Celerons were excellent but then they crippled it again when they moved to the P4 core because otherwise they would perform too much like a P4 and everyone would buy celeron instead.

#5.1 Skyfrog on 19 Apr 2004 - 06:42

I loved the Tualatin Celerons. Just bump the FSB up to 133MHz and you got a free Pentium III upgrade

#6 Galley on 18 Apr 2004 - 22:58

It's hard to believe that they still make a processor with 128KB cache these days when 512KB and 1MB are becoming the norm. I tell everyone to avoid the celeron at all costs. I did buy a 2.6GHz celeron-equipped eMachines for my Mom though, since it was only $199.99 after $50 instant discount and $200 mail-in rebate. It's her first PC, and it's probably still faster than the ones she uses at work.

#7 Mr. Peabody on 19 Apr 2004 - 02:11

Crazy just Crazy

#8 columbus57 on 19 Apr 2004 - 03:43

The only way I would have a Celeron based Computer is if I get it for free. Otherwise, I wouldn't buy anything with that processor. It really sucks.

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