celeron
     
         intel corporation's trade name for its family of
        pentium ii microprocessors meant for use in low-end
        computers.
     
        the celeron is constructed on the 0.25 micron deschutes base.
        clock rates of 266, 300 and 333 mhz are supported.  it is
        built on the same daughterboard as the pentium ii without
        the black plastic case and heat sink.  four celeron models
        are in production as of october 1998.  the 266 and 300 mhz
        models are essentially pentium ii cpus without the level 2
        cache ram.  the 300a and 333 mhz celerons include 128k of
        level 2 cache.
     
        a special mounting bracket on the motherboard is used to
        secure the celeron in place in its standard 242-pin slot 1
        socket.  intel calls the caseless design sepp single edge
        processor package to differentiate it from the pentium ii sec
        single edge cartridge.  some believe that the real purpose
        for the different mounting configurations is to prevent users
        from placing lower cost processors onto pentium ii
        motherboards.
     
        a celeron is about one third the cost of a similar speed
        pentium ii.  hardware hackers claim that the celeron 300
        without level 2 cache could be overclocked to perform as
        well as a pentium ii at a fraction of the price.
     
        home http://www.intel.com/celeron/.
     
        tom's hardware http://www2.tomshardware.com/cpuslot1.html.
     
        1998-10-06
     
     
see also:
intel corporation pentium ii microprocessors clock rates mhz daughterboard 
heat sink cpu cache ram hackers 
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