The sources hope that price competition between Intel and AMD processors can heat up the PC DIY channel and attract consumer demand to return.
Since AMD has not launched any product that could seriously threaten Intel's market share during the past year, Intel has been rather tough with its processor prices to maintain high gross margins, and the lack of price competition has weakened demand in the PC DIY market.
Motherboard makers hope Trinity APU will push down Intel CPU prices
Posted on Monday, October 01 2012 @ 19:31 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck