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Intel ships new Celerons, cuts prices on older chips
December
31, 1998
Web posted at: 9:35 AM EST
by Marc Ferranti
(IDG) -- Paving the way for a large product rollout expected next week, Intel has started shipping 370-pin socket versions of its Celeron processor, and has cut the price on earlier Slot 1 versions of the chip, the company confirms.
The 370-pin socket versions of the Celeron, aimed at low-cost notebooks, come in a less expensive package than the Slot 1 versions. They are intended to help Intel fend off competitors such as Advanced Micro Devices, which are gaining market share at Intel's expense.
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Intel has started shipping socket versions of the Celeron 333-MHz and "300a" 300-MHz models for $107 and $90, respectively, says Seth Walker, a company spokesperson.
The 300a model, like faster versions of the Celeron, has 128KB of Level 2 cache. The "a" is attached to the name to distinguish it from other Intel 300-MHz processors, which do not have the same cache specifications. All prices are for quantities of 1000 units.
Prices cut on older chips
Meanwhile, the company has cut prices on the Slot 1 versions of these chips, Walker confirms. As of December 6, the Slot 1 Celeron-333 was listed at $115, down from $159, and the 300a version was listed at $94, down from $138.
The company has also started to ship 366-MHz and 400-MHz versions of both socket and Slot 1 Celerons to manufacturers, Walker says.
Walker declines to specify pricing on the new 366-MHz and 400-MHz models, and to comment on the shipping date other than to say it will be in the first quarter. But sources have reported that a wide array of chips, including both the new Celeron chips and new Pentium II Xeon chips for high-end PCs, will be announced next week.