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Intel Prepares to Retire Celeron Brand Says Report

Intel’s Celeron brand has been with us for over ten years now, but according to some recent reports the chip maker is now getting ready to retire this name from its lineup and replace it with Pentium CPUs.While nothing is sure at this point in time, Tweak Town seems to believe that the introduction of the recen...

28 November 2011
07:11 GMT

Intel's First Ivy Bridge Pentium CPUs Will Arrive in Q3 2012

In the third quarter of 2012, Intel will reportedly update its processor lineup to feature a new series of Pentium chips based on the company's upcoming Ivy Bridge architecture that will bring a number of improvements over the current SNB core.Details about these processors are scarce at this moment, but a previ...

18 October 2011
16:01 GMT

Some Intel Chips Get Cheaper as New Ones Appear

That Intel was going to release new CPUs this month is something that leaks and reports made clear quite a while ago, and it looks like whatever new arrivals are showing up aren't going to shake things up overmuch. Intel has begun updating its product line with new Sandy Bridge central processing units, both...

6 September 2011
05:27 GMT

Intel's Upcoming Core i3, i5 and Pentium Processors Get Priced

By the end of Q3 2011, Intel plans to release a wide number of new desktop processors based on the Sandy Bridge architecture, ranging from Pentium to Core i7 parts, and no less then eight of these CPUs have recently been priced.Making our way to the top, the first processors that we encounter are low-power 35W models...

25 July 2011
06:04 GMT

New Intel Celeron and Pentium Processors to Arrive in Q3 2011

After introducing a wide series of mainstream and high-performance Sandy Bridge processors earlier this year, Intel will now change its focus and plans to release a new range of entry-level Pentium and Celeron processor to cater to the needs of customers with lower budgets.Two of these chips were recently disclosed b...

20 June 2011
16:31 GMT

Intel Discontinues 11 Processors Models

Intel has just announced that the company will discontinue 11 of its Celeron, Pentium, Core 2 Duo and Xeon processors based on older architectures in order to make room for chips based on new core designs.To inform its partners of these changes, Intel has sent out product discontinuance notifications (PCN) throughout...

7 June 2011
11:15 GMT

Intel to Debut Two New Sandy Bridge Pentium CPUs in 2H 2011

Even though just a few days have passed since Intel released its first Pentium processors based on the Sandy Bridge architecture, the company won't rest on its laurels and will soon introduce two new Pentium parts that will feature faster operating speeds. These are expected to come in the third and fourth quar...

26 May 2011
08:52 GMT

Intel Officially Launches Its First Sandy Bridge Pentium CPUs

Intel has just expanded its Sandy Bridge processors lineup with the addition of seven new processors, including four highly anticipated Pentium branded chips which have a starting price of $64 and are designed to be used in entry-level systems.The four CPUs are called the Pentium G620, G620T, G840 and the G850 and al...

23 May 2011
02:41 GMT

Intel Sandy Bridge Pentium CPUs Get Reviewed and Benchmarked

In just a few days time, on May 22 to be more exact, Intel will introduce the first Pentium processors based on the Sandy Bridge architecture and two of these upcoming CPUs were just reviewed by a Chinese publication, which also included a great number of benchmarks. The two chips that were reviewed are the Intel ...

14 May 2011
10:21 GMT

Intel to Launch 7 New Sandy Bridge Processors on May 22

Outside of its first Pentium processors based on the Sandy Bridge architecture, on May 22 Intel is set to update its processor lineup with three another Core i3 and i5 CPUs that will feature faster clock speeds or better integrated graphics. The Sandy Bridge Pentium CPU lineup will also witness the introduction of...

9 May 2011
16:01 GMT

Intel Sandy Bridge Pentium CPUs Won't Feature Quick Sync or Clear Video HD Support

Following Intel's launch of the first mobile Celeron processors based on the Sandy Bridge architecture everyone in the industry expected the company's upcoming Pentium SNB CPUs to come with a cut-down IGP and a recent leak has just confirmed that these chips will indeed lack both Quick Sync and Clear Video ...

29 April 2011
15:41 GMT

Lenovo Readies IdeaPad G770 Sandy Bridge Notebook for May Release

Lenovo is getting ready to introduce a new notebook model in its IdeaPad consumer line that will sport a 17-3-inch display, AMD Radeon discrete graphics and a wide series of second-generation Intel Core processors, including the upcoming Pentium CPUs based on the Sandy Bridge architecture.The new laptop is going to b...

27 April 2011
08:06 GMT

Intel Readies Its Fastest Core i3 Mobile CPU to Date, the 2330M

Since Intel introduced its first Sandy Bridge processors at the beginning of the year, the Santa Clara-based company has been hard at work expanding its second-generation Core CPU lineup and a recent report claims that the company is now getting ready to launch the Core i3-2330M. Once the 2330M is officially intro...

27 April 2011
05:10 GMT

Intel to Release Two Sandy Bridge Pentium CPUs in Q2 2011

The Intel Pentium mobile processor family is set to receive at least two new CPUs built on the Sandy Bridge architecture by the end of the second quarter of 2011. The chips will be called the B940 and B950 and will make their appearance in HP's business laptops as well as other notebook models. Both chips wil...

20 April 2011
04:36 GMT

First Intel Pentium Sandy Bridge Benchmarks Make Appearance

Even though the first Pentium processors based on the Sandy Bridge architecture won't become official until May 22, a few benchmarks detailing the performance of the new chips have already made their way onto the Web and suggest that the CPUs are a great deal faster than their predecessors. The benchmarks app...

14 April 2011
16:21 GMT

Intel's First Pentium CPUs Built Using the Sandy Bridge Architecture to Release on May 22

Expected by many users interested in building a low-budget desktop system, the first Intel Pentium processors based on the company's latest Sandy Bridge architecture are supposed to launch on May 22.The Pentium CPU family will be comprised out of three new SKUs, dubbed the G620, G840 and G850, and these could al...

13 April 2011
16:01 GMT

From Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge: Intel Desktop CPU Roadmap Revealed

Intel's plans regarding the rest of 2011 and the first quarter of the upcoming year have been the target of many suppositions in the last couple of months, but all these rumors and speculations can now finally be put to rest as some recently leaked slides detail the company's future roadmap, including the l...

9 April 2011
13:01 GMT

Intel to Launch New Celeron Sandy Bridge CPUs in Q3 2011

After launching the first Sandy Bridge chips at the beginning of the year, Intel is working feverishly to bring its latest architecture to even lower price points and the company is expected to officially introduce three new Celeron desktop parts, based on the SNB core, in the third quarter of this year. These wil...

8 April 2011
03:42 GMT

Sandy Bridge-Based Pentium G840 Spotted in China

Reports about Intel's upcoming line of Pentium processors based on the Sandy Bridge architecture have been making their way onto the Web for quite some time now, but it now seems that we are getting nearer to their launch date as a Pentium G840 has just surfaced in China. Launched in January of 2011, Sandy Br...

14 March 2011
03:26 GMT

Intel Releases Special Sandy Bridge Core i5 CPU for the OEM Market

Intel will soon release a new Core i5 processors, based on the company's recently introduced Sandy Bridge architecture, that will redefine the line between the Core i5 and Core i3 product families as it packs technologies common to both of these CPU series. The new processors will be called the Core i5-2390T ...

17 February 2011
07:16 GMT

Two New Westmere-Based CPUs Surface on Intel's Website

It's been quite a busy month for Intel, as the company has not only introduced a wide array of chips based on its Sandy Bridge architecture, but an important collection of processors built using the company's older CPU designs, like the recently introduced Core i5-480M and Core i3-390M. Both of them are ...

24 January 2011
08:22 GMT

Cheaper Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs to Arrive Soon, Starting at $64

Launched just a few weeks ago, Intel's Sandy Bridge processor line will get new addition in the following months in order to offer lower priced solutions for budget conscious buyers, recent leaks suggesting the launch of a wide variety of Pentium and Core i3 CPUs based on the new architecture. According to Co...

21 January 2011
15:41 GMT

Intel Lowers the Price of the Pentium E5800 CPU, Now Available at $64

As it happens periodically, Intel updated its processor price list, and apart from the introduction of its new Sandy Bridge CPUs, the only change worth mentioning is the 15% price reduction that has been applied to the Pentium E5800, as is now listed at $64 US.Originally launched in the forth quarter of 2010, the Int...

19 January 2011
08:50 GMT

New 32nm Intel CPU Coming in Q1 2011, Six CPUs Get Cheaper

The new generation of Sandy Bridge processors is coming in fast, and while price cuts for existing CPUs may not be a very big oddity in such condition, Intel seems to also be preparing a new Pentium CPU based on the 32nm process.According to a report made by CPU World, the new line of CPUs with integrated graphics i...

18 October 2010
06:40 GMT

Intel Expands Mobile CPU Lineup

Coming to reinforce its dominance over the mobile market, Intel has revealed the existence of several new central processing units, four to be exact, all of which are dual-core models from the Core or Pentium series.Intel has dominated the CPU market for quite a while and was, until some time ago, the more or less o...

29 September 2010
02:42 GMT

Intel's Pentium G6951 Can be Upgraded for $50

As odd as it may or may not sound, Intel has begun to sell upgrade cards for one of its processors, the Pentium G6951 to be exact, which unlocks HyperThreading support and 1MB of L3 cache memory, guaranteeing an instant performance boost.Though CPUs can usually place all of their resources at their masters' dis...

20 September 2010
03:13 GMT

Intel Core i7 950 Drops From $562 to $294, New Chips Incoming

Now that the Sandy Bridge line of processors is approaching, Intel seems to be quite eager to make its existing chips more appealing, and the latest move it made in this direction, now that new Pentium and Core Series parts are approaching, is the price reduction of the Core i7 950.It seems that Intel is quite set o...

30 August 2010
09:13 GMT

Intel Celeron Processors Are Going Extinct

Even with all the economic turmoil over the past two years, Intel still managed to launch a fair number of new central processing units, not just high-end parts but also new mainstream and entry-level chips. This, naturally, made previous-generation chips obsolete. Now, the popularity growth of the Atom N series and...

9 July 2010
04:09 GMT

Intel Adds Pentium E5500 and Core i5-680

Even though Intel usually puts up a resounding press announcement whenever it unleashes a new central processing unit, (or solid state drive, or other hardware), the chip maker seems to have decided against it this once, as it quietly refreshed its desktop CPU lineup. Nevertheless, with market watchers being who the...

19 April 2010
08:35 GMT

MSI Plans Pentium Chips for X-Slim Laptops to Better Challenge MacBook Air

MSI is expected to further expand its lineup of X-Slim portable computer systems with the addition of a new Pentium-powered model that will allow the motherboard maker to better compete with Apple's ultra-thin MacBook Air. The company is said to be developing an upgraded version of the X320 netbook, which has be...

15 January 2009
03:52 GMT

Intel Said to Lower Prices for Its CPUs

According to the latest news on the Web, Intel could be planning adjusting its pricing scheme as soon as it launches its new Pentium dual-core E5400 CPU. The processor is expected to surface on January 18th and is said to feature a core clock of 2.7GHz with FSB 800 and 2MB cache. Moreover, the part should cost around...

5 December 2008
06:15 GMT

Intel Unveils New SoC Solution

Yesterday, during an Intel conference held by Gadi Singer, Vice President of Intel's Mobility Group, and Doug Davis, Vice President of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, the Santa Clara-based chip maker announced the first in a series of chips aimed at security, storage, communications and industrial applica...

24 July 2008
07:16 GMT

Cheap Dual Core Celerons Coming from Intel

Traditionally, Intel - the biggest hardware manufacturing company in the world - is not really known for its cheap and affordable central processing units being more than happy to let Advanced Micro Devices take that market segment. Now, Intel realized that they inadvertently handed AMD a very rich segment as the sma...

15 October 2007
10:05 GMT

Will The Pentium Become The New Celeron?

Intel is one of the most important players on the computer hardware market having reached a position where all its decisions are greatly affecting the market and the other producers and vendors. As a result of its importance, Intel product names are well known on the IT market. Maybe the best known Intel product name...

30 July 2007
10:26 GMT

Pentium Gets Resurrected, Dual-Core Style

A couple of years ago, Intel decided to put an end to the Pentium CPU brand. The good ol' Pentium architecture was clearly outdated and outperformed by AMD's X2 CPUs. Intel apparently killed the Pentium architecture and replaced it with the all-new Core Duo successor. We have to admit that this was a winnin...

1 June 2007
09:47 GMT

Intel Pentium E2140 for $99

We have presented some details concerning Intel's new line of dual-core processors some time ago, the models serving as a replacement of the Pentium D935 and Pentium D925. The processors are the Pentium E2160 (1.86GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB) and the Pentium E2140 (1.6GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB). These mod...

20 April 2007
05:23 GMT


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