By Mark Hachman,
Citing improved manufacturing processes, Intel has updated its Celeron road map with a faster introduction of the "Mendocino" Celeron processor.
A 300-MHz and 333-MHz version of the Mendocino Celeron processor -- the code name for a Celeron part with 128 kilobytes of cache integrated onto the die -- will be introduced this quarter, rather than the fourth quarter as originally planned. The reason, an Intel spokeswoman said, was that "[Intel's] 0.25-micron process is going like gangbusters."
In addition, a new 333-MHz Celeron with 128 KBs of cache will be introduced in 1999, according to the spokeswoman. "There's a continuing effort to broaden the [low-cost] category with higher frequencies," she said. "We're doing it because we can."
In a conference call accompanying Intel's recently released second quarter results, Intel executive vice-president Paul Otellini said the Celeron processors represented 5 percent of the company's total microprocessor unit sales.
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