Core 2 Duo Gives Birth to New Pentiums

[Jimmy 2004]

Intel is reported to be planning new Pentium and Celeron processors based on the Core 2 Duo architecture. According to Chinese site HKEPC, the Pentium E2000 series will be launched on June 3rd, with the 1.6GHz E2140 and the 1.8GHz E2160. Both will feature a 1MB L2 cache with an 800MHz frontside bus, priced at $74 and $84 respectively. Whilst these two CPUs should replace the Pentium D 925 and 935, there will also be a new Celeron 400 series, with a 430 running at 1.8GHz and a 440 running at 2GHz, both of which will have a 512KB L2 cache and 800MHz FSB.

Intel is also expected to update its Core 2 Extreme range during the third quarter of this year, with the 2.66GHz QX6700 being replaced by the new 2.93GHz QX6800, which features a 1066MHz FSB and 4MB L2 cache - the price is expected to remain at $999, and this processor will be replaced with a 45nm chip sometime next year.

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[Eric_Cartman]

1.8ghz means a multiplier of 9 like the e6600 and e4300

something tells me these will do 3.6ghz

even with 1mb of cache these should fly at 3.6ghz, and only $84

i think i found my new processor to replace my aging 805

 

[WarEagleAU]

man, that is sweet. BRAND NEW chips for under 100 bucks and dual core too. I bet these babies OC like mad.

 

[v-zero]

I like the sound of those celerons.

 

[bruins004]

This would be a nice filler until the Penrys or Barcelonas come out

 

[evil bill]

hmm - were these not originally announced as 800Mhz Single Core chips to fulfil Intel's commitment to provide legacy CPUs for corporate customers?

 

[niko084]

I wouldn't be putting too much credit on the replacement for the celerons... They will still be lacking, and bedsides by the time they are released....

 

[tkpenalty]

w00t. Pentiums aren't dead. Care fore a Pentium 5?

 

[Bastieeeh]

Updated prices for second and third quarter

 

[Deleted member 3]

This would be a nice filler until the Penrys or Barcelonas come out

I would say it's a great plan to actually use a Celeron as a temporary solution until Barcelona comes out, which is a MP capable server processor. I bet the situation that requires a MP system could do with a Celeron for the time being.

 

[C.Ash]

So it all comes down to L2 cache as it seems..

Core 2 Duo - 2MB/4MB
Pentium - 1MB
Celeron - 512K

Since L2 cache doesnt really matter ALL that much.. does that mean that a 3.0Ghz Celeron will beat my E6600?

 

[Eric_Cartman]

well no one can really say yet as we don't know what this architecture does with so little L2 cache to work with

it might run fine with 2 and 4mb but start to choke with 1mb and really bog down with only 512kb