Will this knock sales figures aSKU?

When you get down to it, a Lexus is no better than a Toyota and a Caddy is no better than a GM. People still buy them, and they will buy the 950.

A 950 will sell just like the 940s did, which will be very profitable indeed. Think about it, you can cherry pick a few chips from the $54 bin and selkl them for $540. Even if you only sell 11% on the ones you cherrypicked, you make more money than selling them for the lower price.

Your right. In addition, the best part is the phenoms is the unlockable core for the tri-series.

Bring on the Core i5's! The i7 was never meant to be mainstream. The reason why Intel is holding back the i5 is because AMD doesn't have a superior CPU. Its competition that drives CPU releases, it goes to show you just how vital competition is! The Core i5 is a much more sensible cpu, being basically a Core i7 with dual channel RAM instead of the pointless tri-channel.

The price argument is a good one. I can buy a phenom and a SLI motherboard for less than the cost of a core2 quad, let alone a core i7.

Guess what, for games and day-to-day stuff the Phenom is good enough.

The price/performance ratio of the core i7 series is horrible compared to phenoms while the current software ecosystem doesn't require the power of an i7.

The Intel marketing team doesn't understand that the most money is to be made from the budget CPUs. The 950s will sit on the shelf just like the current 940s. The reason? TOO EXPENSIVE! Anyone who is even half witted about computer hardware can still understand that the consumer doesn't get the value for the dollar spent on a 950 (or 940) which runs a whopping $250+ versus the 920. $250 for an extra multiplier?? No thanks. Come on Intel - lower the price of the 950 to at least $425 and then we'll start looking at it as a viable option. NUFF SAID!

shouldn't it say 950 cost ... rather than the 940 because it is phasing out.