New Intel Celerons and Quad-Cores In January
Apparently Intel hasn't forgotten those of you on a budget or in need of a low-power solution for Home Theater setup and the like. Word is Intel is gearing up to release the Celeron E1200 in January, a 65W chip with dual cores at 1.6GHz, 512KB of cache and an 800MHz FSB. Word is three mid-range 45nm quad-core (Yorkfield) chips are due out the same day as well, with Q9300, Q9450 and Q9550 are on the horizon, set to launch on January 20th.
"The first dual-core Celeron processor, the E1200, will have core frequency of 1.6GHz, 800MHz FSB and 512KB L2 cache with a price of US$53 in thousand-unit quantities."
Intel: Upcoming desktop CPUs Model Price in thousand units (US) Features E1200 53 1.6GHz/512KB L2/800MHz FSB/65W Q9300 266 2.5GHz/6MB L2/1333MHz FSB Q9450 316 2.66GHz/12MB L2/1333MHz FSB Q9550 530 2.83GHz/12MB L2/1333MHz FSB E8190 163 2.66GHz/6MB L2/1333MHz FSB E8200 163 2.66GHz/6MB L2/1333MHz FSB E8400 183 3GHz/6MB L2/1333MHz FSB E8500 266 3.16GHz/6MB L2/1333MHz FSB Looks like the 2.66GHz Q9450 is going to weigh in around $300... That's a Phenominal ouch.
Source, Digitimes
