Celeron is a line of lower-cost Intel CPUs targeted at budget PCs. Celeron CPUs have lower performance than similarly priced Intel brands due to having less cache memory or disabled features. The performance impact varies from significant to minor. Celeron was introduced in 1998 based on Pentium II and the latest design is based on Core 2 Duo. Celeron CPUs are suitable for everyday computing and were created in response to Intel losing the low-end market to other manufacturers. Features of Celeron CPUs include integrated L2 cache and support for instructions like SSE2 and MMX.

1. The Celeron "delivering great quality at an exceptional value" Proven technology, exceptional value

2. Celeron is a range of x86 CPUs from Intel targeted at budget/value personal computers can run all IA-32 computer programs , but their performance is somewhat lower when compared to similar, but higher priced, Intel CPU brands. the Celeron brand will often have less cache memory, or have advanced features purposely disabled. These missing features have had a variable impact on performance. In some cases, the effect was significant and in other cases the differences were relatively minor.

3. History Introduced in April 1998, [2] the first Celeron branded CPU was based on the Pentium II branded core . The latest Celeron design (as of January 2008) is based on the Core 2 Duo ( Allendale ).

4. Intel® Celeron® Processor Systems based on the Intel® Celeron processor are ideal for day-to-day computing, whether in the home, classroom, or office.

5. Background the Celeron was introduced in response to Intel's loss of the low-end market , in particular to Cyrix 's 6x86 , AMD 's K6 , and IDT Winchip Intel's existing low-end product, the Pentium MMX , was no longer performance competitive at 233 MHz

6. All Intel® Celeron® processors feature: Processor Number L2 Cache Clock Speed Front Side Bus E1500 512K 2.20 GHz 800 MHz E1400 512K 2.00 GHz 800 MHz E1200 512K 1.60 GHz 800 MHz 450 512K 2.20 GHz 800 MHz 440 512K 2.00 GHz 800 MHz 430 512K 1.80 GHz 800 MHz 420 512K 1.60 GHz 800 MHz

7. Intel Celeron processor family Celeron (P6) Covington Mendocino Coppermine-128 Tualatin-256 Celeron ( NetBurst ) Willamette-128 Northwood-128

8. Celeron D Prescott-256 Cedar Mill-512 Celeron ( Core ) -Conroe-L Celeron Dual- Core ( Core ) - Allendale-512

9. Mobile Celeron and Celeron M Mendocino Mobile Tualatin-256 Northwood-256 Banias-512 Shelton Dothan-1024 Yonah-1024 Merom-1024

10. Intel Celeron 2 GHz processor The Intel Celeron processor on 0.13 micron process in the 478-pin package expands Intel's processor family into the value-priced PC market segment . All of Intel's Celeron processors include an integrated L2 cache, and are built on Intel's advanced CMOS process technology .

11. Product details General Product Type Processor Processor Type / Form Factor Intel Celeron Processor Qty 1 Clock Speed 2 GHz Bus Speed 400 MHz Compatible Processor Socket Socket 478 Packaging Type FC-PGA2 Cache Level 1 Size 8 KB Architecture Features Streaming SIMD extensions 2, MMX instructions set

12. Cache Memory Installed Size L2 cache - 128 KB Type Advanced Transfer Cache Expansion / Connectivity Compatible Slots 1 x processor - Socket 478 Miscellaneous Package Type OEM/tray Environmental Parameters Min Storage Temperature -40 F Max Storage Temperature 185 F