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To: TimF who wrote (79806)	5/8/2002 6:43:23 PM
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Intel to price bash AMD with cut down P4s Celerons by another name By Mike Magee, 07/05/2002 17:05:24 BST CHIP GIANT INTEL will introduce its 1.70GHz Pentium4/"Celeron" with the launch price on the 12th of May being a low $83. But it appears to believe that at prices of $83 for the 1.70GHz ICP1.7G and $103 for the ICP1.8G, Athlon processors will be within the reach of its Pentium 4/Celeron products. The prices will certainly attract a good few system integrators and resellers but Intel stands the risk of alienating others, who may be unhappy with the 128K of cache the chip giant is offering on the parts. When it launches the 1.9GHz "Celeron", that will cost $138, as reported here yesterday. The interesting thing to watch is how well these Celerons are likely to perform versus Athlons. The cache and other compromises like the 400MHz system bus Intel will make to keep its flagship Pentium 4s bouncing along at the highest premium prices are likely to mean that Athlons will still have the edge by a fair margin, although Intel's price plans on the P4 Celerons look immensely cunning. The "Celerons" will also have good chipset support, and as we reported last week, Intel-own motherboards are likely to complete the range. The truth is that AMD's product line is currently looking more than a trifle jaded. Its Thoroughbred is slated to ship sometime during May and AMD may manage to get it out of the door to coincide with the Intel "Celeron" introduction. At which time the whole speed game is set to start again. µ * AS WE REPORTED yesterday, Intel has wide ranging plans to support DDR 333 memory. But the 845GE, slated for September, also has a 266MHz graphics core. That will give the graphics companies something to ponder... theinquirer.net