Intel kills off rebates on CPUs, boards

CHIP GIANT Intel has told its resellers that from May 23rd, it will discontinue its channel rebates on its Intel desktop boards. It will also make price cuts on desktop motherboards on April the 25th.

The boards re-priced will be the D865PERL, the D865GBF, the D865GLC and the D865RH. As the codes indicate, these boards use the 865 chipset, which Intel hopes to displace with Grantsdale and Alderwood chipsets later this year.

Sources at resellers tell the INQUIRER that rebates on microprocessors have fallen steadily over the last year, but this is the first indication that it's applying this to motherboards too.

The rebate scheme applies to Intel authorised dealers, who buy boxed CPUs and motherboards through its authorised distributors. µ