New Centrino models take centre stage in Intel's chip troupe

By Alun Williams

Posted on 6 Dec 2004 at 16:49

A whole new range of Centrino parts have made their way onto the updated Intel processor price list. They feature the 802.11 a/b/g tri-band wireless module, which was unveiled by Intel back in August - Intel brings tri-mode wireless networking to Centrino.

Prices start from $303 for a 1.1GHz version, which is one dollar more than the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG dual-band equivalent. At the top of the range, is the 2.1GHz version costing $702 (all the models have a 400MHz FSB and 2 MB of L2 Cache).

Similarly, last month's 1.6GHz Itanium 2 that comes with a whole 9MB of cache - Intel tops out server range with data-crunching Itanium chips - makes its first official appearance in the list. This is priced at $4,227, as specified at the time.

Also from last month, the 1066 FSB new Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (clocking 3.46GHz with 2MB of cache) - Intel targets gamers with Extreme Edition P4 offering - makes its appearance at the $999 originally indicated.

To complete the picture, other new additions to the list include the $637 3.8GHz P4 - officially aimed at the server/workstation space - supporting Intel's 64-bit extensions. And there's also a bottom-of-the-range 2.8GHz Xeon server/workstation processor (800MHz FSB, with 1MB of cache), which is priced at $259, and a top-of-the-range 3.06GHz Celeron D priced at $127 (533MHz FSB and 256KB of cache).