Is Intel Going to Kill its Celeron Processor Brand?

Oh no, the crappiest performing cpu's may now be called Pentium instead of Celeron. Now E-Machines and Compaq will have to change the words on half their boxes.

That is a poor decision. You can build a celeron dual-core, 2gb ram windows 7 PC very very cheap and it would be great for at least 50% of the people out there, who only do facebook and email.

Also, since celerons went dual-core, I think they run very well for every day computing.

There isn't too much performance difference between Celeron chips and Atom chips. Intel doesn't need two budget lines.

imho it's remarkable the Celeron brand lasted this long..

adieu Celeron!

Well, I guess it's about time. That name has been dragged through the mud quite thoroughly- every Celeron I've seen has been flakier than any other processor I've seen.

That still isn't going to get rid of what they are internally, though- processors which couldn't pass muster at the lowest of frequencies.

But no matter what they're called, Joe Average Consumer will still buy them, and those who read this will likely continue to steer clear of them in favor of more stable AMD processors.

BOTH the celeron AND the pentium names need to be retired yesterday!

Well they should get rid of something. Intel has way too many brands out right now... Atom, Celeron, Pentium, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7. I say get rid of the Atom and Pentium because the Atom is too weak for a netbook CPU and Intel could castrate one of their ULV Sandy Bridge parts and sell it for as cheap as the Atom (and even with that, they will still perform better), and because the Pentium doesn't really target a specific market. Both brands are fluff.

I'd rather see the Celery processor go away.

lets hope so : )

My first PC...and first overclock were celerons and the gap in the p3-p4 days was not noticeable at all in day to day use.

So long Celeron, you have served me well the past 5 years, and will continue too for many years to come .

Atom and Pentium are still there representing the low-end parts. That's just a name change.

If only they thought it out, they could have made their product line this way: Atom is Core i1, Celeron and Pentium could have been merged into Core i3, the current i3 could be i5, the i5 could be i7, and the i7 could be the Core i9. Boom, all the previous bad connotations are gone and people have a better idea how each performs relative to each other.

everybody know celeron sux big time...... like the atom

FINALLY!!!

I got out of retail years ago, but I never recommended celeron systems to anybody. I pushed for Athlon 64 systems. It's been years since I've been behind the wheel of one so I have no grasp on the current user experience value of them. It's just a name. Maybe they'll make a Norelec that's 99% similar.

There is a HUGE performance difference between Atom and Celeron. Check out http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

The new sandy bridge celerons have integrated graphics and performance that will blow an Atom away. Example: Current fastest Atom vs. newest, cheapest Celeron g530:
Passmark CPU Rank (lower better)
Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz 710 814
Intel Celeron G530 @ 2.40GHz 2321 336

For comparison, a core duo I bought a few years back for over $200:
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz 2421 324

I bought the SB Celeron for a HTPC and it is an exceptional value for $40, and can use very little power depending upon application. The low price SB Celeron is able to keep up with this Core2 Duo, uses a fraction of the power, plus has decent integrated graphics for watching videos.
Long Live the Celeron!

yea i agree the celeron and pentium CPU's should have been killed off once the first cores started coming out. it with those brands still around its hard ti figure out which segment they are supposed to be for. at first i thought the i3 CPU's were the replacement for the celeron. besides if the Celerons go away just get any AMD CPU they offer the same kind of performance for the same price anyway

lol, And here I thought celeron disappeared when they brought back the Pentium brand, as a way to bring more demand for their low end processors.

There is a big difference between the Celeron and the Atom procs though, they are very different products. Celeron/Pentium are just striped down i3's, Atom is a whole different architecture not based upon the Sandy Bridge or Core architecture.

Celeron and Pentium are the silicon of roaches. While others go extinct, they always come back one way or the other.
Just wait till the day "Core" goes out and we still have Celeron and Pentium!

You guys don't get it with the Atoms. Yes they are slow procesors BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. The whole point of the Atom is that it is low power and can be passively cooled. It's perfect for netbooks. Every time I see people put down the Atoms I get frustrated because they are meant to run cool- not win speed races. And they don't have to win speed races because they're on netbooks which are meant for internet browsing and have extremely small screens. I agree that the Pentium and Celeron lines should go, but putting an i3 that needs to be fan cooled in a netbook is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard.

My first processor was a Celeron 600Mhz codename "coppermine". Overclocked it to 901Mhz stable! For low budget PC celeron is my choice.

Then you must never have heard of the Mendocino. That was one of the sweetest Intel Celerons ever.

Still like Celerons or Atoms for NAS boxes at home. Low power consumption and more than enough oomph to handle the task at hand.

I use a Celeron (and have been for the better part of two years now) to power my firewall. Atom boards don't have enough network jacks (or PCI cards to add more cards) so a small Celeron based board does the trick. Low power means that the UPS (1250) can run the firewall and the AP/Cable modem for almost 3 hours.

good times...
i've used at least 2 celeron m's, several celeron d pcs so far. they're quite adequate for everyday basic tasks. sad to hear they might be phased out. not everyone needs top of the line processors only to surf the internet, listen to mp3s and may be watch some youtube. i remember the first few celerons were such buzzkills. later versions were better. both celeron and pentiums are good counterparts for amd's sempron and athlon ii. afaik sandy bridge celerons and pentiums are the only entry level 32nm desktop/mobile processors, amd has no 32 nm semprons or athlon 2's against celeron.
i guess intel might be using pentium for entry level desktop market and atom for entry level mobile and smartphone market, so celeron suddenly has no place to be...
why not merge pentium and celeron into centium or peleron? or merge pentium, celeron and atom into centiumom or peleratom or unobtainium?

This...The only difference is the name. The Celeron name will be replaced with a new line with a different name but in the same price range.

Intel Celeron est Merde. AMD Bulldozer est Merde. Intel Sandy Bridge est tres bien.

How about maybe i1 (netbook, low-end chips, like the AMD E300/E350/E450 which are meant for netbooks, also showing up in low-end 15" laptops and some desktops for some reason), and i3 (lower-end), i5 (mid-range), and i7 (powerful)? Atom's a POS, and Celeron's not that powerful. At minimum I would get a Pentium if building a web surfing machine, if not an i3 2100 or so.

I don't think they would kill of products that fit the Celeron range. Just the name and with it peoples preconceived thoughts of what a Celeron represents.

I don't know why there are people saying the atom, celeron, and pentium CPUs need to be eliminated. That's just not true. They just need to get rid of those tired old names. When someone says they have a celeron CPU, that means next to nothing. There's been so many CPUs called celerons its ridiculous. I'm even sick of the "core" name.