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Intel Cuts Prices On Desktop & Mobile CPUs
Following price cuts on its Mobile Pentium M processors on Sunday, Intel will soon carry out more sweeping price reductions to tackle growing demand and increasing competition from AMD's products.
Desktop Pentium 4 price cuts ranging from 15.5%-34.5% are planned for October 26th, bringing the price of the of the top-tier P4 3.2GHz processor sharply lower to $417 USD from $637 USD.
The new price cuts are widely seen as timed to take on the 64-bit Athlon 64 processors rolled out by AMD in late September.
The Athlon 64 3200+ with 754 pins is priced at $417 USD and the more powerful Athlon 64 FX-51 carries a price tag of $733 USD. The Athlon 64 3200+ and 3000+ for notebooks are priced at $417 USD and $278 USD, respectively.
The price for Intel’s soon-to-be-released 3.4GHz processors will start at $637 USD. It is reported that the price for P4 EE (Extreme Edition) CPUs, developed especially for gamers, will start at $700 USD.
In addition to pitching its Hyper-Threading Technology (HT) processors against AMD’s new lineup, Intel has follow-up plans in store. The company is scheduled to unveil its Grantsdale chipsets in the second quarter of 2004 to support the new-generation Socket T (LGA775) CPU. Intel should also debut the Tejas CPU in the second half of 2004.
[link=http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2003/10/06&pages=A1&seq=2]Full prices of all Intel Desktop & Mobile CPU's are available @ DigiTimes[/link]
Desktop Pentium 4 price cuts ranging from 15.5%-34.5% are planned for October 26th, bringing the price of the of the top-tier P4 3.2GHz processor sharply lower to $417 USD from $637 USD.
The new price cuts are widely seen as timed to take on the 64-bit Athlon 64 processors rolled out by AMD in late September.
The Athlon 64 3200+ with 754 pins is priced at $417 USD and the more powerful Athlon 64 FX-51 carries a price tag of $733 USD. The Athlon 64 3200+ and 3000+ for notebooks are priced at $417 USD and $278 USD, respectively.
The price for Intel’s soon-to-be-released 3.4GHz processors will start at $637 USD. It is reported that the price for P4 EE (Extreme Edition) CPUs, developed especially for gamers, will start at $700 USD.
In addition to pitching its Hyper-Threading Technology (HT) processors against AMD’s new lineup, Intel has follow-up plans in store. The company is scheduled to unveil its Grantsdale chipsets in the second quarter of 2004 to support the new-generation Socket T (LGA775) CPU. Intel should also debut the Tejas CPU in the second half of 2004.
[link=http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2003/10/06&pages=A1&seq=2]Full prices of all Intel Desktop & Mobile CPU's are available @ DigiTimes[/link]
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