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According to this new article over at the Inquirer, Intel is making some big changes in its processor pricing. According to the article, in a few weeks, Intel will introduce its Pentium 4 2.80GHz processor at $508, the 2.6/2.66 Pentium 4s will cost $401, and the 2.53GHz processor will cost $243.
That's a price drop of 63% ($637->$243)!
Then, on September 1st, Intel will drop the price of the 2.4GHz/533 Pentium 4 to $193, the 2.26/2.2GHz part $193, the 2GHz chip $163, the 1.9GHz chip $163, the 1.8GHz Pentium 4 will then be $143.
The article implies that the P4 3.06GHz--which apparently will be the first P4 to feature Hyperthreading--will come October 27. The article also mentions that Springdale, Intel's dual channel DDR chipset for consumer desktops, was moved up to 2Q 2002, with its availability to coincide with the release of a 3.2GHz P4 in the 2Q (likely April?). It also says the next-generation "Prescott" P4 will debut in the second half of 2003 (June/July?) at 3.2GHz, which seems odd...also seems odd considering that the Springdale chipset was supposed to be for Prescott.
According to this new article over at the Inquirer, Intel is making some big changes in its processor pricing. According to the article, in a few weeks, Intel will introduce its Pentium 4 2.80GHz processor at $508, the 2.6/2.66 Pentium 4s will cost $401, and the 2.53GHz processor will cost $243.
That's a price drop of 63% ($637->$243)!
Then, on September 1st, Intel will drop the price of the 2.4GHz/533 Pentium 4 to $193, the 2.26/2.2GHz part $193, the 2GHz chip $163, the 1.9GHz chip $163, the 1.8GHz Pentium 4 will then be $143.
The article implies that the P4 3.06GHz--which apparently will be the first P4 to feature Hyperthreading--will come October 27. The article also mentions that Springdale, Intel's dual channel DDR chipset for consumer desktops, was moved up to 2Q 2002, with its availability to coincide with the release of a 3.2GHz P4 in the 2Q (likely April?). It also says the next-generation "Prescott" P4 will debut in the second half of 2003 (June/July?) at 3.2GHz, which seems odd...also seems odd considering that the Springdale chipset was supposed to be for Prescott.
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