Intel stops production of 2GHz Celeron and redecorates Itanium 2

Today Intel informed on some changes in its Celeron and Itanium 2 lines.

First, the company stopped the production of 2GHz desktop Celeron (C-1 stepping, S-Spec SL73H and 45W TDP) due to standard reasons — transition to more powerful models. Orders will be accepted until May 7, while the shipments will last until October 8, 2004.

Second, Intel redecorated Itanium 2 due to changes in processor labelling technology. On April 26 the company will start shipping Madison-F and Madison-I series with new 2D "matrix" labels that will look like this:

The redecoration will touch the following chips: