1998 research cohort / CPU
Intel · model variant
Candidate · no owner discrepancy decisionIntel Celeron processor 300A MHz is recorded in the 1998 CPU research cohort under Intel. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.
Intel targets reliable affordable Basic PC systems
Intended users: entry-level/basic PC users
Engineering response: 300A Celeron with 128 KB integrated L2 cache and 440EX AGPset
New Intel Pentium II and Celeron Processors Complete 1998 Desktop Processor Line-up · lines 5,9-12
Intel distinguishes 300A and 300 MHz and states cache and Basic PC intent.
No independent comparison; 300A configuration/SKU boundary remains unresolved.
These observations can only be compared within the same named comparison group. Configuration and provenance matter.
11.3 score · Higher is better
Intel MU440EX motherboard; 64 MB; UnixWare; Intel compiler; single CPU
standards body vendor submitted · Group: mu440ex-64mb-unixware-specint95-intelcompiler
All Published SPECint95 Results · MU440EX 300A MHz row
Intel sponsor; disclosure/compiler details should be read with the individual result; this is not a generic CPU-only score.
9.01 score · Higher is better
Intel MU440EX motherboard; 64 MB; UnixWare; Intel compiler; single CPU
standards body vendor submitted · Group: mu440ex-64mb-unixware-specfp95-intelcompiler
All Published SPECfp95 Results · MU440EX 300A MHz row
Intel sponsor; disclosure/compiler details should be read with the individual result; this is not a generic CPU-only score.
The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.
Manufacturer name is shortened from Intel Corporation; the manufacturer designation 300A is preserved exactly and is not collapsed to 300. Verification supports the exact introduction and stated system/boxed availability date.
Intel Corporation · lines 3-5, 9-13
Intel identifies the new Celeron 300A MHz processor on August 24, 1998 and says systems and boxed processors are available today; 300A is explicitly distinct from 300 MHz.
Whether 300A is a separate SKU boundary or a speed/cache designation; no ordering part number.
No owner discrepancy decision is recorded. This does not mean there are no unresolved issues.
The Celeron 300A and 333 records are separate named processors in the August announcement; no duplicate identity found.
Audit source · lines 6 and 9-13
Intel names 333 MHz and 300A MHz as separate new processors and describes the 300A suffix explicitly.
Follow-up: Preserve 300A exactly and do not merge by numeric frequency.
Plain 300 MHz Celeron and 300A MHz Celeron are distinct manufacturer designations and cannot be collapsed by numeric speed.
Audit source · lines 4-13
Intel describes 300A MHz as a new cached Celeron while describing 300 MHz as a separate offered speed without integrated L2 cache.
Follow-up: Preserve both keys and raw names; obtain orderable identifiers before making a SKU-level claim.
These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.
Intel Corporation ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Intel Corporation ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Preserve 300A manufacturer designation; do not normalize it to plain 300