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Intel price cuts loom
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Quad core war
Wed Jan 14 2009, 12:36
CHIPZILLA is planning price cuts to its lower-end mainstream quad-core processors on January 18.
Barron's Tech Trader Daily quoted Pacific Crest analyst Michael McConnell as spilling the beans. He said that the cuts are happening to spoil the launch of AMDs 45-nanometer Phenom II and "Shanghai" Opteron processors. The cuts are listed at between 14-40 per cent.
The Phenom II "Dragon" processor platform has been getting good reviewers and the Shanghai server chip has been flogged to HP, Sun, Dell, IBM, and Fujitsu. It is looking like Intel is only targeting cuts on its quad core range. µ
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Newsflash to the DBZ fan:
The number of "Intel Guy"s who replace their processor significantly more often than Intel releases new chipsets is very small. You might want to ask Mommy to put some money into savings rather than 20% more folding points.
It's not as if Intel don't have anything to beat the Phenoms. There's Q9400, Q9550, QX9770, and the untouchable i7's. It's just that AMD decided to launch their processors at prices a bit lower than Intel's similar performing quads to steal some of their market share. So this is Intel's answer to them.
Actually Intel already have an advantage here IMO. cuz if an Intel guy decides to switch over to AMD phenoms, then he'll also have to buy a new mobo.
There's no way someone drops their pants around their ankles unless they are scared of something. Intel seem to have been hammered recently on earnings, which should make them want to 'firm up their pricing'. Review on A.N.Other site seems to indicate '6 star performance' from the Phenom II processors. Should be an interesting 2009: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/245102/mesh-matrix-ii.html