AMD piles on DC Opteron price pressure

Price cuts due this week

By INQUIRER staff

Sunday, 28 August 2005, 09:05

CHIP FIRM AMD is not going to let the grass grow under its feet and will take the axe to some prices on its Opteron microprocessors.

The dual core Opteron HE models are of some interest, because at 55W for a dual core package, they now give Pentium M power levels of 27W a run for their money.

PIB is AMD's somewhat ungainly term for processor in a box. µ

Part	Chip	Now	1 Sep
OSA275CBBOX	Opteron Dual Core Model 275 (PIB)	$1,280	$1,039
OSA270CBBOX	Opteron Dual Core Model 270 (PIB)	$1,039	$845
OSA265CBBOX	Opteron Dual Core Model 265 (PIB)	$845	$689
OSA275FAA6CB	Opteron Dual Core Model 275	$1,260	$1,019
OSA270FAA6CB	Opteron Dual Core Model 270	$1,019	$825
OSA265FAA6CB	Opteron Dual Core Model 265	$825	$669
OSA875FKM6BS	Opteron Dual Core Model 875	$2,570	$2,085
OSA870FKM6BS	Opteron Dual Core Model 870	$2,085	$1,469
OSA865FKM6BS	Opteron Dual Core Model 865	$1,469	$1,130
OSK865FAA6CC	Opteron Dual Core HE Model 865 (55W)	$2,570	$2,085
OSK860FAA6CC	Opteron Dual Core HE Model 860 (55W)	$2,085	$1,469
OSK265FAA6CB	Opteron Dual Core HE Model 265 (55W)	$1,260	$1,019
OSK260FAA6CB	Opteron Dual Core HE Model 260 (55W)	$1,019	$825

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