It has been reported that Intel will slash its Pentium D 9xx processor prices by up to 50 per cent on 23 April in a bid to get buyers to make the move to dual-core platforms. The move will precede the launch of the 3.6GHz Pentium D 960. The debut of ‘Conroe’, the first of Intel’s next-generation architecture processors in Q3 will see the 9xx series’ prices cut a second time.
By the time the 960 launches, the 950 will have been re-priced at $316 – a reduction of 50.3 per cent. The 23 April price cuts alleged by the Taiwanese sources will see the 940’s price fall from $423 to $241, a reduction of 43 per cent; the 930 will drop to $209 from $316, down 33.9 per cent; and the 920 will also end up priced at $209, 13.3 per cent below its current price, $241. All prices are per processor when sold in batches of 1000 CPUs.
Source: Channel Register
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