Intel to cut processor prices in January 2006

Posted on Friday, September 09 2005 @ 1:01 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

DigiTimes claims Intel will cut prices of its Pentium D 8xx and Celeron processors in January 2006, when the new 65nm dual-core Pentium D 9xx and Pentium 4 6xx series will hit the market.

Unit prices of Intel’s Celeron series will be lowered 5.5-13.6%, while price cuts on its Pentium D 8xx/6xx series, excluding the D840 will be small, indicated the sources. New prices for the Pentium D 840 will be lowered to US$423, down 20.1% from US$530 at present, the sources noted.

New unit prices of Intel LGA-775 Celeron processors (US$)
	Current	New (January 2006)	Change
331	73	69	5.5%
336	79	73	7.6%
341	89	79	11.2%
346	103	89	13.6%
351	117	103	12.0%
355*	127	117	7.9%

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