In less than a week after reporting third-quarter financial results, Intel cut the prices on several of its high-end, Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo desktop processors. In addition, Intel dropped prices on some of its older Pentium chips for desktops and Xeon processors for single-socket server systems. The price cuts also anticipate the release of new Nehalem-based microprocessors in November.
Intel is cutting the prices on several of its processors,
including the company's high-end Core 2 Quad desktop processors, a little less
than a week after reporting its third-quarter financial results and as the chip
giant gears up for
the
release of its first Nehalem-based microprocessors in November.
On Oct. 19, Intel posted the cuts on its Web site. The
processor price cuts include a 14 percent reduction for the Core 2 Quad Q8200
processor running at 2.33GHz. Intel dropped the prices of that chip from $224
to $193, and the company also cut the price of its Core 2 Quad Q6600 chip
(2.40GHz) by 5 percent from $193 to $183.
In addition,
Intel
cut the price of its Core 2 Duo E7300 processor (2.66GH) 15 percent from $133
and $113. Intel also added a new processor - the Core 2 Duo E7400 - to this
line of desktop chips. The E7400, which runs at 2.66GHz, will retail for $133.
The price cuts from Intel come less than a week after the
company announced its third-quarter financial results. During the quarter, Intel
posted net income of $2.01 billion, or 35 cents per share, along
with $10.2 billion in revenue.
Advanced
Micro Devices, Intel's main rival in the x86 processor market, also posted
results last week.
The move to cut chip prices also anticipates the release of Intel
new processors based on the company's Nehalem microarchitecture.
The
first of these processors, which are intended for gaming PCs and high-end
desktops, is called the Intel Core i7 chip and it's scheduled for release
in November. In the past, Intel usually cuts processor prices to pave the way
for the release of new processors.
After the Core i7 hits the shelves in time for the Christmas
shopping season in November, Intel will follow with two sets of chips for
servers - the Nehalem-EP and the Nehalem-EX - with a number of other processors
to follow after that release.
In addition to the Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo price cuts, Intel
cut the prices of its older, Pentium desktop processors as well as
its
Xeon chips for one-socket servers.
Intel slashed the prices of two variants of its dual-core
Pentium E2200 processor. The price of the Pentium E2200 chip, which runs at 2.40GHz,
dropped 12 percent from $84 to $74, and the Pentium E2200 chip, which runs at
2.20GHz, fell 14 percent from $74 to $64.
Finally, Intel cut the price of two of its Xeon processors by
5 percent. The price of the Xeon X3220 (2.40GHz) and the X3210 (2.13GHz) each dropped
from $198 to $188. All of the Intel price cuts are calculated in shipments of
1,000 units.
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