Volgens dit artikel van The Register zal Intel in het eerste kwartaal van 2001 de Celeron processor laten sterven. Het is de bedoeling dat tegen die tijd de Celeron wordt vervangen door de Tinma 'system-on-the-chip' processor die al komende herfst geïntroduceerd zal worden. De Celeron-familie zal dit jaar nog wel gewoon worden aangevuld met versies tot en met 733MHz.
An Intel roadmap seen by The Register indicates that the Celeron processor will shuffle off its mortal coil towards the end of the first quarter next year, displaced by the system-on-the-chip solution codenamed Timna.
But there's life in the old Celeron dog yet, according to the roadmap. As revealed here yesterday, the 633MHz and 666MHz Celerons will arrive at the end of the month, to be followed in Q3 by a 700MHz Celeron, and in Q4 by a 733MHz Cu128K.
In the third and fourth quarters, the line between the Celeron Cu128K and the Timna, begin to get blurred, with a mixture of both product lines as Intel readies itself to kick the damned thing into touch in Q1 2001.
During Q1 2001, Intel will add Timna processors with increments of 33MHz clock speeds. At the same time, according to the same sources within the microprocessor giant, the business and consumer roadmaps will be merged into one single desktop roadmap.
Thanks TgF voor de tip.