Intel Cuts Prices on Fastest Microprocessors

Reuters News Wire ^ | Sun April 20, 2003 08:43 PM ET | unknown

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Intel Corp INTC.O , the world's largest chip maker, said on Sunday it cut the prices of its fastest microprocessors for desktop and laptop PCs by as much as 38 percent on Sunday, following its regular pattern of slashing the cost of its chips in advance of faster models.

The price of Intel's Pentium 4 microprocessor running at 3 gigahertz was cut 32 percent to $401 from $589. The price of the mobile Pentium 4 chip running at 2.4 gigahertz was cut 38 percent to $348. Intel last made price cuts in February.

The cuts came as Intel introduced faster models of both types of chips.

The price of Intel's newest chip for desktop computers -- a Pentium 4 which also runs at 3 gigahertz but has a faster system bus, or pathway, to the rest of the computer -- was set at $417. The new mobile chip, which runs at 2.5 gigahertz, was set at $562.

Cuts to Intel's price list, which shows the cost of bulk purchases of 1,000 chips, generally translate into reductions in the price of personal computers because microprocessors, the brains of PCs, represent a significant percentage of the cost of a new computers.

Intel is not likely to keep the price of its fastest desktop Pentium 4 chip below $500 for long, according to a published report. A schedule of Intel prices released last week by technology news site DigiTimes.com said that in May, Intel will set the price of a soon-to-be-introduced 3.2 gigahertz Pentium 4 at $637.

Intel declined to comment on the DigiTimes report. However, the report did accurately predict the latest round of price cuts.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And AMD announces its new processors (The Hammer )Tuesday , April 22nd

[HAL9000]

And IBM is rumored to have started production of the 970 processor last week.

[bonesmccoy]

Is this the return of the tech sector?

Is it time to buy back into the INTEL?

[Cacique]

Yes and Francisco Franco and Sadam Hussein are still dead.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I didn't realize it had vector instructions.

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PowerPC 970: First in a new family of 64-bit high performance PowerPC processors Product Presentation This presentation on the 64-bit PowerPC 970 Microprocessor was presented at Microprocessor Forum on October 15, 2002. Disclosed are the technical details of the new 64-bit PowerPC microprocessor designed for desktops and entry-level servers. Based on the award winning Power4 design, this processor is an 8-way superscalar design that fully supports Symmetric MultiProcessing. The processor is further enhanced by a vector processing unit implementing over 160 specialized vector instructions and implements a system interface capable of up to 6.4GB/s.

[Bogey78O]

Are they still putting serial numbers in their chips to track the users of their chips?

No thanks, my next chip will still be an AMD.

[KneelBeforeZod]

I heard the new microsoft servers require an 8 chip setup. forcing everyone to upgrade hardware

[philetus]

I just disable the S/N in the Bios.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Update!

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OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[John Lenin]

Are they still putting serial numbers in their chips to track the users of their chips?

They don't have to, they got around it with your mac address built into your network card.

[Bogey78O]

I was under the impression that certain tasks in windows would imprint the s/n onto the document. I believe I read a story a while back where ssomeone discovered this.

[Not Insane]

__Yes and Francisco Franco and Sadam Hussein are still dead. __

Which begs two questions:

1. Did they ever find Hitler, or is he still in Argentina?
2. Is this post on-topic?

[Not Insane]

I'm thinking of upgrading from my 700MZ slot-1. This is becoming an "every three year" thing for me.

Computer Stop, here I come...

[catpuppy]

AMD is launching a chip that Intel has no answer for at this time.

How many times has this been claimed over the years? Yes AMD has sometimes been able to produce micro-processors that temporarily beat Intel equipment in some benchmark tests and in price (it being easier to design a cheap product to "win" a test than it is to design a reliable product that wins the market). However, the market has long ago decided that Intel is superior in everything that matters--including reliability.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the Link!

[montag813]

CatP, you have bought into the Intel marketing machine. It's well established that AMD has a stronger CPU in FPU for the last three years.

AMD's reliability is pathetic. Numerous MAJOR graphics applications and games simply will not run on them. 3d Studio Max 5 and Maya have serious problems with AMD chips. for example. Together they comprise over 60% of the mid-to-high end of the 3D app market, and are used extensively for movies and games alike. AMD...NO!

[Kevin Curry]

Besides, without AMD you would still be paying 1000 bucks for an Intel CPU.

Yes, indeed. Competition is our friend.