Intel moves up schedule for Pentium E2000 and Celeron 400

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According to sources familiar with Intel's plans, the company plans to move forward its production schedule for the 65nm Pentium E2000 dual-core series and Celeron 400 series (430 and 440) processors from the third quarter of this year to the second quarter, and Intel will increase its 65nm processor production ratio to over 90% by the end of the year.

The changes now have Taiwan-based motherboard makers worried that the shorter product cycles will lead them to having inventory issues for both processors and motherboards, and they indicated that Intel's frequently changing plans has placed pressure on their own motherboard production schedules.

However, Intel may not be able to push the schedule for its 45nm mobile CPUs (Penryn). Despite the chip giant stating it already has five early-version products up and running, market watches have forecast that Intel will only have a low production ratio of its 45nm series processors by the end of 2007, and those products will most likely occupy the high-end of the market. The sources also noted that 45nm quad-core processor (Yorkfield) and dual-core (Wolfdale) parts will not be officially launched until the first quarter in 2008.

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Intel speeds up the launch of four value processors -- two are dual-core

Intel’s latest roadmap reveals the Pentium E2100 and Celeron 400 series will arrive in Q2’2007 instead of Q3’2007 as previously reported. Two Pentium E2100 models will initially launch – the E2160 and E2140. The E2160 is clocked at 1.80 GHz while the E2140 is clocked at 1.6 GHz. Both models are virtually identical aside from clock speed and have an 800 MHz front-side bus and 1MB of shared L2 cache – half that of the recently released Core 2 Duo E4000 series.

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Launch pricing information is unavailable in the latest roadmap disappointingly. Nevertheless, expect launch pricing below the current Core 2 Duo E4300’s $163 price tag. Moving into Q3, Intel expects to cut prices on Pentium E2100 series processors. Pricing for Pentium E2160 and E2140 will drop to $84 and $74 respectively in Q3. This places the Pentium E2100 series into the sub-$100 pricing segment.

Slotting below the Pentium E 2100 series is the single-core Conroe-L based Celeron 400 series. Intel expects to launch two Celeron 400 models – the 440 and 430. The Celeron 440 and 430 will have 2.0 GHz and 1.8 GHz clock speeds respectively. Celeron 400 series processors feature an 800 MHz front-side bus and 512KB of L2 cache. Launch pricing was unavailable in this roadmap, however, Q3’2007 pricing reveals the Celeron 440 and 430 priced at $59 and $49 respectively.

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