CPU: Intel likely to invoke price reductions in 2020

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/21/2020 05:54 PM | source: digitimes | 58 comment(s)

The recent Core X series already has seen a pretty dramatic price drop in the HEDT segment, a reaction to AMD, as consumers are fleeing towards AMD for that better price perf ratio. It's now reported that Intel will further reduce prices in 2020 to remain competitive with AMD.

The news was posted by Digitimes who learned from this new information from various points of sale in Asia. According to them, a plan in motion would have several phases, whereby Intel's partners who integrate the CPUs into their own systems as well as OEMs will be given priority and will first benefit from the discount.

So in that first phase, the system integrators can apply that discount, that also means for the desktop consumer market there likely will not be big changes (if any) soon. We'll see how it pans out. The recent Core X series nearly halved in price when launched compared to previous-gen products, perhaps the mainstream segment will follow at one point.

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anticupidon

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#5752942 Posted on: 01/21/2020 09:18 PM

This situation reminds me of the Athlon 64 vs Pentium 4 era.
then Core2Duo emerged.
Hope that Intel wakes up and gets a grip of the reality.
They need it, we need it. Competition is always in our benefit.
Until then, I am just enjoying my 3700X.

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#5752951 Posted on: 01/21/2020 09:38 PM

My i7 3930K is still doing its job.

anticupidon
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#5752960 Posted on: 01/21/2020 10:09 PM

whatever floats your boat. there is no perfect hardware, only the one that simply does the task.

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#5752963 Posted on: 01/21/2020 10:21 PM

Finally Intel has realised that they need to cut their prices to remain competitive!!! But they are going to need more than that down the road...

Now we see one example of how that "set-aside" 3 billion is being used. I'm sure AMD will be interested to see if they cross the line. This line is interesting...
"Intel's partners who integrate the CPUs into their own systems as well as OEMs will be given priority and will first benefit from the discount."

Nothing wrong or illegal with this, it´s a common business practise in all industries. Unless thay demand that their partners stop byuing AMD products like they did in the past.

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#5752968 Posted on: 01/21/2020 10:38 PM

Hilbert really would love it when I click pictures it actual bigger then one used in the articles picture, if it the same size why bother to even have it click able.

Intel does need to lower prices though on everything

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