Posted on 08/01/2005 7:20:16 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today released price cuts for its line of desktop PC-use processors, including the Sempron and Athlon 64 lines. In addition, the chip vendor noted that production of Socket-A Semprons will be completely phased out by the end of the third quarter.
Prices for AMD’s mainstream Sempron lineup fell by up to 25%. In addition, AMD cut prices for dual-core Athlon 64x2 processors 8-12%. AMD also launched the Athlon 64x2 3800+ processor, which at US$354, is the company’s lowest priced dual-core processor.
Unit prices for AMD Athlon 64 2800+, 3000+ and 3200+ remained unchanged, whereas prices for faster Athlon 64 CPUs dropped 11-22%.
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CPUs dropped 11-22%.
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Revised pricing for AMD Sempron CPUs (US$ for 1,000-unit lots) |
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Socket architecture |
Original price |
New price (August 1, 2005) |
Price Change |
|
3400+ |
64-bit enabled |
- |
134 |
- |
|
3300+ |
64-bit enabled |
140 |
126 |
(10%) |
|
3300+ |
|
134 |
126 |
(6%) |
|
3100+ |
64-bit enabled |
113 |
106 |
(6.2%) |
|
3100+ |
|
108 |
106 |
(1.9%) |
|
3000+ |
64-bit enabled |
98 |
91 |
(7.1%) |
|
3000+ |
Socket A |
103 |
- |
- |
|
3000+ |
64-bit disabled, Socket 754 |
94 |
91 |
(3.2%) |
|
2800+ |
64-bit enabled |
83 |
78 |
(6%) |
|
2800+ |
Socket A |
90 |
- |
- |
|
2800+ |
64-bit disabled, Socket 754 |
80 |
78 |
(2.5%) |
|
2600+ |
64-bit enabled |
74 |
64 |
(13.5%) |
|
2600+ |
Socket A |
80 |
64 |
(20%) |
|
2600+ |
64-bit disabled, Socket 754 |
70 |
64 |
(8.6%) |
|
2500+ |
Socket A |
67 |
50 |
(25.4%) |
|
2400+ |
Socket A |
64 |
- |
- |
Source: AMD, compiled by DigiTimes, August 2005
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Revised pricing for AMD Athlon 64 processor family CPUs (US$ for 1,000-unit lots) |
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Original price |
New price (August 1, 2005) |
Change |
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Athlon 64x2 4800+ |
1,001 |
902 |
(9.9%) |
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Athlon 64x2 4600+ |
803 |
704 |
(12.3%) |
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Athlon 64x2 4400+ |
581 |
537 |
(7.6%) |
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Athlon 64x2 4200+ |
537 |
482 |
(10.2%) |
|
Athlon 64x2 3800+ |
- |
354 |
- |
|
Athlon 64 FX57 |
1,031 |
1,031 |
0% |
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Athlon 64 FX55 |
827 |
827 |
0% |
|
4000+ |
482 |
375 |
(22.2%) |
|
3800+ |
373 |
329 |
(11.8%) |
|
3700+ |
329 |
272 |
(17.3%) |
|
3500+ |
272 |
223 |
(18%) |
|
3400+ |
223 |
- |
- |
|
3200+ |
194 |
194 |
0% |
|
3000+ |
149 |
149 |
0% |
|
2800+ |
122 |
122 |
0% |
Source: AMD, compiled by DigiTimes, August 2005.
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Now I got to decide what I want to do!
This will likely either make them or break them. Good luck to them, anyway. Love them athlons.
Damn! Just bought a new laptop last week. I don't think the s/w for 64 bit will be prime time for another two years but for a desktop I'd buy the 64.
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