AMD's quad-core Athlon II X4 640 CPU has seen its price drop from US$122 to US$99, while the dual-core Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition CPU dropped from US$105 to US$93, and the quad-core Phenom II X4 955 and 965 Black Edition both dropped US$26. Most of the company's other processors have seen drops up to US$10.
AMD slashes CPU prices to safeguard its marketshare
Posted on Friday, August 20 2010 @ 18:20 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
DigiTimes reports AMD recently cut prices of about 20 desktop processors to defend its marketshare against competition from Intel.