Xeon chip prices to fall through the floor

INTEL IS applying the thumbscrews to AMD not only on desktop chip prices but on server prices too.

Existing UP prices will be cut on the 22nd of April and then cut again in the third quarter - the date is yet to be specified. In Q3 Intel will introduce the 2.66GHz, 1066MHz system bus, 8MB cache X3230 as well as 1333MHz bus dual cores SKUs in the same period.

The lineup for the cuts looks spookily like the below in familiar Intel price cascade fashion.

Widget	GHz	Bus	Cache	April	Q3 2007
X3230	2.66	1066	8MB		$530
X3220	2.40	1066	8MB	$530	$266
X3210	2,13	1066	8MB	$423	$224
3085	3.00	1333	4MB		$266
3075	2.66	1333	4MB		$183
3070	2.66	1066	4MB	$316	gone forever
3065	2.33	1333	4MB		$163
3060	2.40	1066	4MB	$224	gone forever
3050	2.13	1066	2MB	$183	gone forever
3040	1.86	1066	2MB	$163	gone forever

Intel is eager to introduce the Clovertown in Q3 2007 and it will be called by the enigmatic name the X5365 and be a 3GHz quad core. Come July we will see reductions on Intel's DP line and the X5365 will cost over $1,100.