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-- Intel<INTC.O> unveils 300 MHz Celeron chip --
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 8 (Reuters) - Intel Corp. on
Monday said it unveiled the second member of its Celeron family
of computer chips, which are designed to meet the needs of the
market segment for PC's priced below $1,200.
Intel's Celeron processor 300 MHz (megahertz), follows the
company's introduction in April of its first Celeron chip,
running at 266 megahertz.
The Celeron family will replace Intel's Pentiums with
multimedia technology called MMX.
Intel said that many PC makers are announcing systems based
on this new processor inlcuding Acer Inc. <2306.TW>, Compaq
Computer Corp. <CPQ.N>, Dell Computer Corp. <DELL.O>,
Hewlett-Packard Co. <HWP.N>, IBM Corp. <IBM.N>, Packard Bell
NEC and Sony Corp. <6758.T>,.
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