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Fresh article over at Ars Technica about some new Intel processors being launches over Labor Day. All of these processors seem to be aimed at the consumer low-end based on their feature offering. Here is the line up based on Ars Technica:

Core 2 Quad 8200

In the mainstream quad-core market, we have the new 45nm Core 2 Quad 8200, at 2.33GHz, 4MB L2 cache, and a 1333MHz FSB. Intel lists the chip at $224 in 1K quantities; Newegg has it up for sale for $229.99.

Core 2 Duo E5200 & Celeron 450

Intel’s new dual-core is the E5200 (2.5GHz, 2MB L2, 800MHz FSB) at $84, while the new single-core Celeron 450 is a 65nm, 2.2GHz chip, with 512K of L2 cache and an 800MHz FSB. Price on this chip is $53. The new E5200 slides in well below the next-cheapest Core 2 Duo (Allendale 2.4GHz, 2MB L2, 800MHz FSB), and is a no-brainer replacement for that chip, provided you want to stay Intel. The Celly 450 is what it is—a single-core chip for $53.

Good time to think about rebuilding that old system collecting dust. =)

Competition is good; it encourages companies and manufacturers to make their products better so that consumers will chose their product instead. Consumers love it, businesses hate it, because we (as consumers) get more product for less money. It makes me smile. =)

So, when there are rumors of Intel’s new (CPU) chip code-named ‘Larrabee’ that has multiple cores that directly supports both OpenGL and DirectX, it makes me smile. When I hear that it will go into a graphics card first before going into a CPU and that it’s geared towards ‘high-end gaming’ it makes me put on that evil grin. This story comes from computerworld’s article about the Larrabee chip if you’d like to read more. One of the more notable items is that this will be the first time Intel has made a separate graphics card, since all of their other graphic solutions have been on-board video.