Intel also slashes CPU prices
Tuesday 24th April 2007, 12:45:00 PM, written by Arun
As has been expected for a while, Intel is now following in the footsteps of AMD's April 9th price cuts. The complete list of old and new prices is available at DigiTimes, with cuts from 6% to 40%. New models are also being introduced today: the Core 2 Duo E6420, E6320 and E4400.
The Pentium D family's pricing is being reduced to $74 for all lower-end models and $84 for the 935. That matches the prices of the upcoming Pentium E2140 and E2160, respectively, which are supposed to have higher performance than these two chips. It is unclear at this time if the pricing of the Pentium Ds will be cut further when the Pentium E21xx are introduced along with other Conroe-L derivatives in June.
Although some of these price cuts may seem very aggressive, the performance/dollar gap between AMD and Intel is smaller than it used to be, with some of AMD's CPUs apparently being very competitive, such as the Athlon 64 X2 5000+. AMD also still has the advantage in the lower-end segments of the market with the X2 3600+ and 3800+, although Intel is obviously hoping to close that gap with the Pentium E21xx.
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