14 DAY TRIAL // In an official document published at the end of this week, Intel announced that it will cease the production of 0.13 micron Celeron processors. The four models in question have an operating speed of: 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 2.8 GHz. This year, the production of box versions will be ceased and at the beginning of next year, the tray versions will be also ceased.
Intel announced its partners that starting with 20 May 2005, they won't be taking any orders for the Celeron 2.50GHz, 2.60GHz, 2.70GHz and 2.80GHz processors. The last day of production for the Box version will be 21 October 2005 and for the tray versions 24 March 2006. Considering these changes in the production schedule, the Intel offer for entry-level processors will be limited to the 2.93GHz and 3.06GHz Celeron models. The company will probably add more models to the offer.
Intel's decision outlines the company's intention to withdraw all the processors based on 130 nanometer technology. Continuing the production of these processors was not justified considering that the 90 nanometer technology implies increased performances and smaller production costs. Last year, Intel announced production ceasing of the Intel Pentium 4 processors with 2.8GHz, 3.00GHz, 3.20GHz and 3,40GHz frequency which had a Level 2 cache memory of 512 kb.
The Intel offer is also comprised of the Celeron D processors based on the Prescott core with 256kb of Level 2 cache memory and 533 MHz bus. These processors are based on 90 nanometer technology and are compatible with the Socket 478 and Socket 775 platforms. The operating frequencies of these processors are 2.40GHz and 3.06GHz.