Celeron E1200

the industry towards improved processor micro-architecture and develop in the direction of multi-core structure, whether Intel or AMD, the entry-level or above desktop, mobile products have been popular to dual-core, and even four core product lines to maintain only low single-core design. Finally, Intel on January 20 issued’s first low-end dual-core products, named Celeron E1000 family, broken only by low-end single-core design practice, the single-core and symbol of the times has entered the final stage.

Intel’s first dual-core low-end Celeron E1200 Model for using 65nm Conroe core, the core clock of 1.6 GHz, 800 MHz FSB support using Socket 775 processor interface, built-in L2 Cache reduced to 512 KB, support ESIT, Intel 64 and XD Bit technology, the maximum is 65 W TDP.

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According to the latest Intel desktop processors planning, will be dual-core Celeron in the first quarter of 2008 into the official price for each 1000 priced $ 53 dollars, with the single-core Celeron 440 the same price, compared with the core, FSB clock, but within 1 MB L2 Cache built the E2140 about $ 11 dollars cheaper.

However, single-core short-term will not be replaced, according to the latest Intel desktop processors planning to re-introduce the second quarter Celeron E1400 models, but the core clock will be upgraded to 2 GHz, each copy is priced $ 1,000 53 dollars, directly replace E1200 , and $ 53 US dollars following products will remain a single-core design.

According to the motherboard industry said that as the high cost of dual-core, Intel does not intend to in a short time, the dual-core entirely to low-end product line universal, Celeron E1200 will not reduce their fares, but to withdraw from the market and still retain Celeron 400 product lines to the minimum-order product line.

According to Intel 2008 desktop planning, expected Celeron E1000 family only after the first quarter of the overall desktop processors Intel shipped about 3 percent next year and a half will be raised to 10%, expected to be the second quarter of 2009 completely replace the existing single-core Celeron status.