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Sep 16, 2022 · Intel will decommission its legendary Celeron and Pentium brands used for basic notebook CPUs. Instead, starting in 2023, they will be referred to as the rather humble "Intel Processor" name.
- Anton Shilov
Sep 16, 2022 · Intel is replacing its Pentium and Celeron brands with just Intel Processor. The new branding will replace both existing brands in 2023 notebooks and supposedly make things easier when...
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By Matt Hanson
published 3 January 2023
RIP Intel Pentium and Intel Celeron CPUs – long live Intel N-series!
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At CES 2023, currently taking place in Las Vegas, Intel took to the stage to reveal the processors that will be powering the next generation of budget laptops, known as the Intel Processor N-series.
Intel Processor N-series-powered laptops will apparently have up to 10 hours of battery life, which is impressive on paper, but Chromebooks using rival ARM architecture have been easily passing 10 hours on battery for a while now.
Computers with the new Intel chips will benefit from the latest connectivity features, including Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2, as well as new efficient ‘Gracemont’ cores and support for LPDDR5, DDR5, and DDR4 memory.
These are the following N-series processors Intel unveiled:
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In this current climate, it’s good to see companies working on new products for the budget market (take note, Nvidia).
Many people simply can’t afford expensive devices at the moment, but that doesn’t mean they have to put up with sub-par performance, so we’ll be keen to try out laptops with Intel’s new processors to see if they can live up to the promises. Intel’s previous Pentium and Celeron CPUs were more often than not associated with poor performance as well as low prices – probably why Intel decided to drop those brands. The company, however, will want to make sure the new N-series CPUs don’t suffer the same fate.
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Sep 16, 2022 · The Pentium and Celeron brands are to be ditched starting Q1 of 2023, Intel says, so they’ll hang around for a bit after next year kicks off.
- Darren Allan
Sep 16, 2022 · Intel announced today that its laptop chips will shed the Pentium and Celeron branding beginning in Q1 of 2023, to be replaced by "Intel Processor." The word "Processor" has a capital P so...
Sep 16, 2022 · The new offering will replace the Intel Pentium® and Intel Celeron® branding in the 2023 notebook product stack.
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Sep 17, 2022 · Intel is introducing a new branding for its processors. The new Intel Processor branding will replace the existing Intel Pentium and Celeron brandings next year, bidding goodbye to the branding it has been using for around 30 years. Here are the details.
