Editing Celeron (section)

== Background ==
[[File:Celeron Logo alt.svg|thumb|Logo used from 2008 to 2009]]
As a product concept, the Celeron was introduced in response to Intel's loss of the low-end market, in particular to the [[Cyrix]] [[6x86]], the [[AMD K6]], and the IDT [[Winchip]]. Intel's existing low-end product, the [[Pentium MMX]], was no longer performance-competitive at 233&nbsp;MHz.<ref name="S7toS1">{{cite news |last=Pabst |first=Thomas |title=CPU Performance from Socket 7 to Slot 1 |url=http://www.tomshardware.com/1998/04/16/cpu_performance_from_socket_7_to_slot_1/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204182347/http://www.tomshardware.com/1998/04/16/cpu_performance_from_socket_7_to_slot_1/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |publisher=[[Tom's Hardware Guide]] |date=April 16, 1998 |access-date=July 30, 2007 }}</ref> Although a faster Pentium MMX would have been a lower-risk strategy, the industry-standard [[Socket 7]] platform hosted a market of competitor CPUs that could be drop-in replacements for the Pentium MMX. Instead, Intel pursued a budget part that was to be pin-compatible with their high-end [[Pentium II]] product, using the Pentium II's proprietary [[Slot 1]] interface.

The Celeron also effectively killed off the nine-year-old [[i486]] chip, which had been the low-end processor brand for entry-level desktops and laptops until 1998.

Intel hired marketing firm [[Lexicon Branding]], which had originally come up with the name "Pentium", to devise a name for the new product as well. The ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]'' described Lexicon's reasoning behind the name they chose: "''[[wikt:celer#Latin|Celer]]'' is [[Latin]] for swift, as in the word 'accelerate', and 'on' as in 'turned on'. Celeron is seven letters and three syllables, like Pentium. The 'Cel' of Celeron rhymes with 'tel' of Intel."<ref>{{cite news |title=Lexicon puts names on new technology |first=Mike |last=Cassidy |newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |date=April 15, 1998}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|+Intel Celeron processor family
|-
!rowspan="2"| Based on
!colspan="3"| [[Desktop computer|Desktop]]
!colspan="3"| [[Laptop]]
!colspan="3"| [[Embedded system#Processors in embedded systems|Embedded]]
|-
!Code-named
!Core
!Date released
!Code-named
!Core
!Date released
!Code-named
!Core
!Date released
|-
|P6
|Covington<br>Mendocino<br>Coppermine-128<br>Tualatin-256
|(250&nbsp;nm)<br>(250&nbsp;nm)<br>(180&nbsp;nm)<br>(130&nbsp;nm)
|1998<br>1998–2000<br>2000–2001<br>2002
|Mendocino<br>Coppermine-128<br>Coppermine&nbsp;T<br>Tualatin-256
|(250&nbsp;nm)<br>(180&nbsp;nm)<br>(180&nbsp;nm)<br>(130&nbsp;nm)
|1999<br>2000–2001<br>2001<br>2002–2003
! colspan="3" rowspan="9" |
|-
|NetBurst
|Willamette-128<br>Northwood-128
|(180&nbsp;nm)<br>(130&nbsp;nm)
|2002<br>2002–2003
|Northwood-256<br>
|(130&nbsp;nm)<br>
|2002–2003<br>
|-
|Pentium M (Celeron M)
! colspan="3" |
|Banias-512<br>Dothan-512<br>Dothan-1024<br>Yonah-512<br>Yonah-1024<br>Sossaman
|(130&nbsp;nm)<br>(90&nbsp;nm)<br>(90&nbsp;nm)<br>(65&nbsp;nm)<br>(65&nbsp;nm)<br>(65&nbsp;nm)
|2004<br>2004–2007<br>2004–2005<br>2007<br>2006<br>2006–2007
|-
|NetBurst (Celeron D)
|Prescott-256<br>Cedar Mill-512
|(90&nbsp;nm)<br>(65&nbsp;nm)
|2004–2005<br>2006–2007
! colspan="3" rowspan="3" |
|-
|Core (Single)
|Conroe-L<br>Conroe-CL
|(65&nbsp;nm)<br>(65&nbsp;nm)
|2007–2008<br>200?
|-
|Core (Dual)
|Allendale<br>Wolfdale-3M
|(65&nbsp;nm)<br>(45&nbsp;nm)
|2008–2009<br>2009–2010
|-
|Core (Celeron M/Celeron)
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |
|Merom, Merom-L<br>Merom-2M<br>Merom-L (Ultra-Low-Voltage)
|(65&nbsp;nm)<br>(65&nbsp;nm)<br>(65&nbsp;nm)
|2007–2008<br>2008<br>2007, 2009
|-
|Core (Celeron Dual)
|Merom-2M<br>Penryn-3M
|(65&nbsp;nm)<br>(45&nbsp;nm)
|2008<br>2009–2010
|-
| rowspan="2" |Nehalem/Westmere
|Clarkdale
|(32&nbsp;nm)
|2010
|Arrandale
|(32&nbsp;nm)
|2010–2011
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|Jasper Forest
|Single (45&nbsp;nm)
|
|-
|Silvermont<br>Airmont<br>Goldmont<br>Goldmont Plus<br>Tremont
|Bay Trail-<br>Braswell<br>Apollo Lake<br>Gemini Lake<br>Jasper Lake
|dual & quad (22&nbsp;nm)<br>dual & quad (14&nbsp;nm)<br>up to quad (14&nbsp;nm)<br>up to quad (14&nbsp;nm)<br>up to quad (10&nbsp;nm)
|
|Bay Trail-M<br>Braswell<br>Apollo Lake<br>Gemini Lake<br>Jasper Lake
|dual & quad (22&nbsp;nm)<br>dual & quad (14&nbsp;nm)<br>up to quad (14&nbsp;nm)<br>up to quad (14&nbsp;nm)<br>up to quad (10&nbsp;nm)
|October 2013<br>March 2015<br>April 2016<br>December 2017<br>January 2021
|Bay Trail-M<br>Braswell<br>Apollo Lake<br>Gemini Lake<br>Jasper Lake
|dual & quad (22&nbsp;nm)<br>dual & quad (14&nbsp;nm)<br>up to quad (14&nbsp;nm)<br>up to dual (14&nbsp;nm)<br>up to dual (10&nbsp;nm)
|October 2013<br>March 2015<br>April 2016<br>December 2017<br>January 2021
|-
! colspan="10" |<small>[[List of Intel Celeron processors]]</small>
|}