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Product Code: 80529

Intel Timna was a cancelled Intel prototype CPU project from 1999–2000, developed in Haifa, Israel, for very low-cost PCs. It is especially notable because it was intended to be Intel’s first CPU with an integrated graphics controller, pairing a P6/Celeron-class core with on-die graphics and a memory controller in a single highly integrated design. Timna was originally planned around RDRAM, but Intel later tried to adapt it for SDRAM through the Memory Translator Hub; the resulting technical issues, together with weak market interest, led Intel to cancel the project on September 29, 2000. For collectors, Timna is also unusual because it uses Socket 370S, a special variant that is not compatible with standard Socket 370 motherboards and requires a specific board designed for Timna. Today, Timna is remembered as one of Intel’s most interesting cancelled processors and an early precursor to later integrated CPU-and-graphics designs.