Tony & Intel Investors - Low Power Pentium II & Celerons for Notebook computers are due from Intel next week along with Price Cuts on most CPUs.
The new 266MHz versions of Intel's Pentium II and Celeron mobile chips boost performance but also address the heat and power requirements of small systems, Intel executives said. The 333MHz mobile Celeron targets low-priced notebooks.
The low-power chips consume about 5.8 watts of power, compared with the 8.5 watts typically consumed by Intel's mobile chips, said Charlie Carey, Intel mobile product launch manager.
"Most mininotebooks today have Pentium with MMX processors in them only," Carey said. "By delivering the lower-power versions of this, [customers] can bring both Pentium II and Celeron to the mininotebook space, where power is everything. They're such small devices, for reasons of thermal design as well as battery life, you want lower-power processors."
Depending on the application, the low-voltage Celeron offers a 20 percent to 50 percent boost over the Pentium with MMX at the same clock speed, Intel said.
The company will offer the low-power chips in the small and light BGA packaging. In volume quantities, the 266MHz mobile Pentium II and Celeron processors will cost $219 and $127, respectively.
Systems with the new low-power chips should show up first in Japan, where the mininotebook market is strong compared with the United States, Carey said.
Prices of the Celeron chip for low-priced PCs also will continue to plummet, the sources said. Even the new 433MHz Celeron, introduced March 22, will drop to $145 from $169 for the Plastic Pin Grid Array versions, they said.
Intel plans to cut the 366MHz Celeron price to about $70 from $93, and the 333MHz version to just below $70 from $73 in volume quantities, the sources said.. "
I wonder how AMD will react to these price cuts....?
Paul
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April 05, 1999, Issue: 836 Section: News
Intel plans price cuts for Celeron, Pentium III and mobile chip lines
Marcia Savage
Santa Clara, Calif. -- VARs should see Intel Corp. cut prices across its range of processors next week-from the Pentium III for the desktop to the mobile version of the Celeron chip for notebooks, sources said.
The price cuts are scheduled for April 11, according to sources close to Intel's plans. The Santa Clara-based company, declined to comment.
In 1,000-unit quantities, prices for the 500MHz Pentium III will slide to $640 from $696 while the 450MHz Pentium III will drop to $414 from $496, sources said.
Intel is expected to continue to slash prices of its Pentium II line as it moves to replace it with the Pentium III offering. The 450MHz Pentium II will drop to $396 from $475; the 400MHz version will go to $240 from $284; and the 350MHz version will slide to $163 from $170, in volume quantities.
Prices of the Celeron chip for low-priced PCs also will continue to plummet, the sources said. Even the new 433MHz Celeron, introduced March 22, will drop to $145 from $169 for the Plastic Pin Grid Array versions, they said.
Intel plans to cut the 366MHz Celeron price to about $70 from $93, and the 333MHz version to just below $70 from $73 in volume quantities, the sources said.
In its mobile product line, Intel is set to cut the price of its 366MHz Pentium II to $530 from $696, in volume; the 333MHz Pentium II to $316 from $465; and the 300MHz to $187 from $321.
The mobile 300MHz Celeron price will be reduced to $106 from $187. All of the mobile chip prices are for the Ball Grid Array (BGA) package versions.
The price cuts are a mixed bag. While they may stimulate sales, they require resellers to sell more volume, said John Howland, owner of Specialty Tech, a VAR based in Lake Forest, Calif. Getting the same dollar profit may mean selling 12 units instead of 10 units, Howland said.
While the microprocessor company cuts prices, Intel continues to roll out new processors. Today it plans to introduce two low-power chips geared for the mininotebook market along with a faster mobile Celeron processor.
The new 266MHz versions of Intel's Pentium II and Celeron mobile chips boost performance but also address the heat and power requirements of small systems, Intel executives said. The 333MHz mobile Celeron targets low-priced notebooks.
The low-power chips consume about 5.8 watts of power, compared with the 8.5 watts typically consumed by Intel's mobile chips, said Charlie Carey, Intel mobile product launch manager.
"Most mininotebooks today have Pentium with MMX processors in them only," Carey said. "By delivering the lower-power versions of this, [customers] can bring both Pentium II and Celeron to the mininotebook space, where power is everything. They're such small devices, for reasons of thermal design as well as battery life, you want lower-power processors."
Depending on the application, the low-voltage Celeron offers a 20 percent to 50 percent boost over the Pentium with MMX at the same clock speed, Intel said.
The company will offer the low-power chips in the small and light BGA packaging. In volume quantities, the 266MHz mobile Pentium II and Celeron processors will cost $219 and $127, respectively.
Systems with the new low-power chips should show up first in Japan, where the mininotebook market is strong compared with the United States, Carey said.
Eric Abrams, director of product management for Entex Information Services Inc., Rye Brook, N.Y., said the mininotebook has not been adopted by Entex's customer base of Fortune 500 companies. These products do not yet have the power and functionality necessary to function as desktop replacements, he said.
The 333MHz Celeron offers increased performance for notebooks priced between $1,500 and $2,000, Carey said. In volume quantities, the chip in the BGA package costs $159.
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Range Of Reductions: Price-cut sampling
- Volume quantities of 500MHz Pentium III will drop to $640 from $696.
- New Celeron 433MHz will be reduced to $145 from $169.
- Mobile version of 366MHz Pentium II set to drop to $530 from $696 in volume.
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