Analyst: Chip maker looks to keep processors moving by cutting prices
(Computerworld) Intel Corp. yesterday announced that it has dropped the price of seven processors by up to 31%.
There were three price cuts in Intel's Core 2 Duo chip family. The 3.16-GHz Core 2 Duo E8500 was reduced from $266 to $183 as of July 20. That 31% drop greatly outpaced all the other cuts, which ranged from 11% to 15%, according to an Intel price list.
The price of the Core 2 Duo 2.53-GHz E2700 chip was cut by 15% cut to $113, and the 3-GHz E8400 by 11% to $163. In addition, the price tag for the company's Core 2 Q6600 2.4-GHz quad processor was reduced from $224 to $193, a 14% drop.
Three cuts also came in the Xeon server processor family, with prices of both the X3220 and the X3210 reduced by 12%. The price of the E3110 dropped by 11%.
In April, Intel had slashed the prices on about a dozen of its processors up to 50%...........
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(Computerworld) Intel Corp. yesterday announced that it has dropped the price of seven processors by up to 31%.
There were three price cuts in Intel's Core 2 Duo chip family. The 3.16-GHz Core 2 Duo E8500 was reduced from $266 to $183 as of July 20. That 31% drop greatly outpaced all the other cuts, which ranged from 11% to 15%, according to an Intel price list.
The price of the Core 2 Duo 2.53-GHz E2700 chip was cut by 15% cut to $113, and the 3-GHz E8400 by 11% to $163. In addition, the price tag for the company's Core 2 Q6600 2.4-GHz quad processor was reduced from $224 to $193, a 14% drop.
Three cuts also came in the Xeon server processor family, with prices of both the X3220 and the X3210 reduced by 12%. The price of the E3110 dropped by 11%.
In April, Intel had slashed the prices on about a dozen of its processors up to 50%...........
More: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9110403&source=NLT_AM&nlid=1