INTEL IS DELAYING its planned launch of two desktop Celeron chips until June, sources close to the company said Thursday. The two chips -- with clock speeds of 633MHz and 667MHz respectively -- were set to appear Monday.

"Demand continues to be high for our products as we said in our earnings Tuesday," an Intel spokesman said. "Our public guidance remains unchanged, we still intend to ship faster Celerons in the second quarter."

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