Monday, March 12th 2007
Core 2 Duo Gives Birth to New Pentiums
Intel is reported to be planning new Pentium and Celeron processors based on the Core 2 Duo architecture. According to Chinese site HKEPC, the Pentium E2000 series will be launched on June 3rd, with the 1.6GHz E2140 and the 1.8GHz E2160. Both will feature a 1MB L2 cache with an 800MHz frontside bus, priced at $74 and $84 respectively. Whilst these two CPUs should replace the Pentium D 925 and 935, there will also be a new Celeron 400 series, with a 430 running at 1.8GHz and a 440 running at 2GHz, both of which will have a 512KB L2 cache and 800MHz FSB.
Intel is also expected to update its Core 2 Extreme range during the third quarter of this year, with the 2.66GHz QX6700 being replaced by the new 2.93GHz QX6800, which features a 1066MHz FSB and 4MB L2 cache - the price is expected to remain at $999, and this processor will be replaced with a 45nm chip sometime next year.
Sources:
Reg Hardware 1, Reg Hardware 2
Intel is also expected to update its Core 2 Extreme range during the third quarter of this year, with the 2.66GHz QX6700 being replaced by the new 2.93GHz QX6800, which features a 1066MHz FSB and 4MB L2 cache - the price is expected to remain at $999, and this processor will be replaced with a 45nm chip sometime next year.
11 Comments on Core 2 Duo Gives Birth to New Pentiums
something tells me these will do 3.6ghz
even with 1mb of cache these should fly at 3.6ghz, and only $84
i think i found my new processor to replace my aging 805
Core 2 Duo - 2MB/4MB
Pentium - 1MB
Celeron - 512K
Since L2 cache doesnt really matter ALL that much.. does that mean that a 3.0Ghz Celeron will beat my E6600?
it might run fine with 2 and 4mb but start to choke with 1mb and really bog down with only 512kb