Chinese Celeron M desktop system

DanceMan · Post by **DanceMan** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:17 pm

..........with an 845 chipset. Most of the page is in Chinese characters. Link thanks to ol' man at Hardware Central Forums.

Here.

Pakkapakka · Post by **Pakkapakka** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 3:30 pm

This is the Intel 'Shelton' processor: essentially a Pentium M stripped of its L2 cache.

Any commercial product that is focused on silence, cost and/or small form factor is most welcome, IMHO.

Seems in a year or two the 'developing countries' platforms of Intel (Shelton) and AMD (PIC) will catch up with my current system (Celeron 1.2).

DanceMan · Post by **DanceMan** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:28 pm

Intel Shelton processor is made using Intel’s 130nm process technology and is based on the Intel Pentium M “Banias” architecture, HKEPC.com web-site reported on Thursday. The chip does not have L2 cache, unlike the majority of today’s central processing units, and works at a core-clock in the range on 1.00GHz, sources said.
Intel Corp. has apparently also developed a special platform for the chip. According to the report, the mainboard for the Shelton is based on the i845GV core-logic and comes in micro-ITX form-factor. Intel Shelton chip is an embedded processor, which means it cannot be replaced from the mainboard, not allowing system makers or end-users to upgrade or downgrade it.

Full story at X-bit labs here. The picture shows the motherboard, large heatsink on both the chipset and cpu, both fanless. It's supposed to be Asia only.

Edwood · Post by **Edwood** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:36 am

i845 works with Pentium M?

Why does Intel continue to offer older and mediocre chipsets for the Pentium M?

-Ed

Talz · Post by **Talz** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:13 am

Intel is heavily invested in the P4 for the desktop through at least next year.

Tibors · Post by **Tibors** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:37 am

This is a cheap solution for developing countries. If they use the newest fastest technologies in that, then there will be grey import in the rich countries undercutting their cash cow markets.

beud · Post by **beud** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:57 am

Edwood wrote:i845 works with Pentium M?

Why does Intel continue to offer older and mediocre chipsets for the Pentium M?

-Ed

actually i845 is worst than i855...

http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/845/

Edwood · Post by **Edwood** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 11:35 am

Talz wrote:Intel is heavily invested in the P4 for the desktop through at least next year.

Which is why I bought my first AMD cpu.

An Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester.

-Ed

DanceMan · Post by **DanceMan** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 4:28 pm

Here is a test of the motherboard and cpu, if you can read Chinese characters or run it through a translator. On the last page is a performance comparison to a Via C3 1.0G combo.
'Ol man is convinced, based on the Super Pi performance, that the Shelton does have L2 cache, even though it doesn't show up in CPU-Z (on page 3 of the HKEPC test).

beud · Post by **beud** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:12 pm

Edwood wrote:
Talz wrote:Intel is heavily invested in the P4 for the desktop through at least next year.
Which is why I bought my first AMD cpu.

An Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester.

-Ed

Good choice Ed. I was hesitating between this one and the pentium M. I got the later which seem to be even faster for gaming, while consuming less.

What's you super pi 1M score ? mine is 39s at 2.2Ghz.