of course it's not true. the cache in the celeron is integrated inside the
chip not in the motherboard. it has less cache because its slightly
cheaper to produce. unlike the PIII, the celeron cache runs at full CPU
speed (not half its speed).

sami


>         I have a question for the gurus of the list.  I have heard that Celeron
> chips from Intel are chips that were defective Pentium III s with there
> internal cache shut off or reduced to 128 to operate.  Cache was then
> placed on the motherboards to compensate for this malfunction.  Is this
> true?  I was told this by a fairily knowledgable computer person.  I
> would like to confirm the truthfulness of this statement before I pass
> this information on to other people that ask me about Celeron chips.
>
> TIA,
> Derek Buchanan
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