Intel to cut notebook chip prices twice in a month

CHIP FIRM Intel will introduce its T2700 Core Duo T2700 at the end of June. The 2MB cache, 2.33GHz processor will cost $640 at launch.

But, as Intel prepares its "Merom" family for the third quarter, it will cut the prices of its existing Core Duos next Monday - we've never seen this type of pricing action previously.

	May Day	May 28th	June 25
Core Duo T2700 2.33GHz			$637
Core Duo T2600 2.16GHz	$637	$423
Core Duo T2500 2.0GHz	$423	$294
Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz	$294	$241
Core Duo T2300 1.66GHz	$241
Core Duo T2300E 1.66GHz		$209
Core Solo T1400 1.83GHz		$209
Core Solo T1300 1.66GHz	$209

Intel will introduce a ULV Core Duo on June 25th, clocking at 1.06GHz, with a 533MHz bus, and 2MB of cache. This is the U2500.

The unusual pricing activity paves the way for a whole raft of "Merom" 64-bit capable processors to be released in the third quarter which will gradually displace the existing Core Duo and Solo microprocessors. µ