The world’s largest chip producer, Intel, plans to gradually reduce the fabrication of Celeron processors. Rather, it aims to replace them with its Pentium and the dual-core Atom N-series. With launching these new processors, at a price level similar to the existing Celeron processors, the phase out will help the company avoiding the product lines competing for demand, the sources noted. The schedule for a complete phase-out has been set for the year, 2011.
“This makes sense – netbooks have really stagnated in regards to performance over the last couple of years and the dual core option will rejuvenate interest in netbooks”. (as reported by Intel)
An Intel roadmap previously revealed to DigiTimes put three new mobile Celerons on the market in September, but the rollout already hints at the overlap the company is hoping to end. However, Celerons still have a visible footprint in the portable space but have been pushed to the margins as even the least expensive notebooks are starting to use the slightly faster Pentium processors.
~Contributed by Uzair Danish
[Source: Digitimes]
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