Intel Corp is defending the merits of its new Celeron processor, after a review of the chip giant’s new offering discovered it operates below counterpart clone offerings. The review carried out by US trade publication PC Week claims Celeron, Intel’s new low end offering based on the P6 architecture does not deliver the performance it claims. The publication states the reason the chip does not match up to competitors clones, is because it lacks secondary cache. But Intel has disputed the report and retaliated saying the chip is a pre-production model, and when the real thing is launched later this month, PC World will be eating it words. The first Celeron processor is expected on April 15, aimed at cutting down the price of entry level personal computers (CI No 3,361). The chips will start at 266MHz and use cheaper Single Edge Processor packaging, working with smaller motherboards.
