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Intel Celeron 1.8GHz Processor

Posted by Saleem Mukati


When Intel moved their flagship processor from the Pentium 3 to the Pentium 4 it was only a matter of time before the Celeron followed suite. After all, why would Intel have two different manufacturing processes for their processors; one for the Celeron on socket 370 and one for the Pentium 4 on socket m478?

By converging the two processors into the same formfactor Intel can make use of the silicon that didn't make the cut for P4 specs. By disabling some cache, that slab of silicon can rightfully be called a Celeron.

Intel's new line of Celeron CPU's are based on the older 0.18 micron Williamette core that was originally released two years ago and not the newer 0.13 micron Northwood core. The reason behind this is that Intel still has a vast 0.18 micron manufacturing process up and running, and it only makes sense for them to keep that operational while Intel is slowly moving everything down to 0.13 micron.

Now that we know the new Celeron's are based on the Pentium 4 architecture, how are they different from their more expensive bretheren? Actually the only difference between a Pentium 4 Williamette and the new Celeron Williamette is the amount of L2 cache

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