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To: Elmer who wrote (166465)	6/17/2002 12:19:46 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel speeds up process transfer to solve tight supply of Socket 478 Celeron Intel is expected to solve the current tight supply of new Socket 478-based Celeron processors with the recent release of 1.8 GHz-version products and its plan to manufacture 1.9GHz Celerons on the 0.13-micron process. (At least Intel has a robust enough .13u process to do this!) Charles Chou, Taipei; Christy Lee, DigiTimes.com [Friday 14 June 2002] digitimes.com Intel is expected to solve the current tight supply of new Socket 478-based Celeron processors with the recent release of 1.8 GHz-version products and its plan to manufacture 1.9GHz Celerons on the 0.13-micron process. Following its Pentium 4 processors, the chip giant started promoting the Socket 478-supporting Celeron processors in the second quarter and plans to pair the new processors with 845GL integrated chipsets to target the entry-level sector. Due to limited supply upon launch, a shortage of 1.7GHz Celerons has been reported in the market. Shipments of 845GL chipsets have also been unusually lower than shipments of the P4-oriented 845G. Kelly Wu, country manager of Intel Taiwan, said that the situation is only temporary and is expected to be solved shortly. At present, Intel has no problem in providing sufficient capacity, especially with six of its fabs beginning 0.13-micron production this year. Although the company’s 0.13-micron production capacity continues to rise, Intel is expected to start assigning the process to its Celeron processors at 1.9GHz and above, judging from its transfer progress. Presently, 1.7 and 1.8GHz Socket 478 Celerons use 0.18-micron processing. Seeing the appealing price/performance ratio of the new Celerons, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) responded by cutting the prices of its Duron processors to below US$100. After its new processors based on the 8th-generation (K8) core hit the market, the company plans to push its higher-end Athlon XP processors down to compete with the Socket 478 Celerons and introduce Barton-core products into the medium-range sector. wbmw