Due to our reliable sources in Intel, we received a word about the price reductions that are to be put into life this year and should touch upon Intel Pentium 4 processors. The info is really sensational: in the end of August-beginning of October the price of the fastest Pentium 4 processors will drop down by nearly 50%! This will be made to celebrate another successful breakthrough, namely the launching of new Pentium 4 2.6GHz, 2.66GHz and 2.8GHz CPUs.

Speaking about the planned price reductions I would like to point out that together with the earlier launch of the faster Pentium 4 models in H2 2002, Intel will also speed up the price reduction. This way, Pentium 4 2.53GHz will very soon turn into the best solution in terms of price-to-performance ratio, while Pentium 4 2.4GHz will have every right to be regarded as a high-performance Value processor.

I would also like to point out that the price reduction, which has been initially planned for October 27, is moved to September 1 and grew quite significant by now. In this respect Intel made up its mind to set the price of the slowest Pentium 4 CPUs at $143 and to make sure that it is selling for this particular price, not any lower. Note that the fastest Celeron processor will then sell for $103.

Well, here are some numbers for you:

CPU	Current price	Price after August 26	Price after September 1	Pentium 4 3.06GHz launch
Pentium 4 3.06GHz				$637
Pentium 4 2.8GHz		$508		$401
Pentium 4 2.66/2.6GHz		$401		$305
Pentium 4 2.53/2.5GHz	$637	$243
Pentium 4 2.4GHz	$400		$193
Pentium 4 2.26/2.2GHz	$241		$193
Pentium 4 2.0GHz	$193		$163
Pentium 4 1.9GHz	$173		$163
Pentium 4 1.8GHz	$163		$143
Pentium 4 1.7GHz	$143

In fact there is only one comment I’d like to make here: if you are willing to buy a fast Pentium 4 processor, you’d better wait until the autumn.