Intel Revs Up the Celeron
In keeping with its timetable and beating AMD in the new year's race to push processor speeds, Intel announced today announced the availability of an 800MHz version of its popular Celeron processor. The new chip will be featured in subzero PCs aimed at the lower end market. Chipzilla also unveiled its new chipset for the processor, running a 100MHz bus as compared to its current 66MHz bus.
Reuters reports Intel also launched a 1.3GHz version of its newest processor line, the Pentium 4, in order to spur market demand and increase Pentium 4 sales. Computers with the new processor will retail in the neighborhood of $1500 USD.
The new Celeron is priced at $170 USD in 1,000 unit quantities. The new 1.3 GHz Pentium 4 will run $409 USD in 1,000 unit quantities.