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Intel CPU Pricing: Future Changes
by Anna Filatova
02/01/2001 | 09:28 PM
According to The Register, there is new info on the upcoming changes in the pricing for Intel processors. Here is what we found out today:
| | 28 January, 2001 | 4 March, 2001 | 15 April, 2001 | 27 May, 2001 |
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| Pentium 4 1.7GHz | - | - | $776 | $669 |
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| Pentium 4 1.5GHz | $644 | $637 | $562 | $455 |
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| Pentium 4 1.4GHz | $440 | $423 | $375 | $316 |
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| Pentium 4 1.3GHz | $410 | $332 | $268 | $241 |
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| Pentium III 1.13GHz | - | - | $268 | $268 |
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| Pentium III 1GHz | $265 | $241 | $225 | $193 |
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As you can see from the table above, the most subject to dropping are the prices for Intel Pentium 4 processors, which isn’t surprising actually. Trying to speed up the overall shift to Pentium 4 platform, in May Intel will start selling its Pentium 4 1.3GHz processor at an even lower cost than Pentium III 1.13GHz. So, we have every reason to hope that the cost of Pentium 4 based systems will drop down significantly by spring. At least i850 chipset is also expected to get somewhat cheaper and as a result, Socket423 mainboard should turn out more affordable for general public. As for Rambus, Intel expects the cost of RIMM modules to decrease due to the created higher demand. Nevertheless, we do not believe that the cost of the Pentium 4 based systems will be comparable to that of Pentium III based ones, at least unless Brookdale core logic supporting Pentium 4 and PC133 SDRAM appears in late Q2 – early Q3.
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