CPU: Intel likely to invoke price reductions in 2020
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DeskStar
Better do something.... And sooner than later there Intelly…..
Loobyluggs
I guess they finally got the message.
Undying
Better for consumers.
wavetrex
They got the message from their accounting department which seems to have very few numbers to add lately... sales numbers.
fantaskarsef
Hey, if they drop their 9900K and derivates for another 200$, I might give them another look.
cryohellinc
Don't. It's a waste of cash and you know it. Your current CPU is perfectly capable, wait this year out and see what happens. Upgrading to 14nm is pointless, down the road core clock won't matter that such - core could will and it will be the most future proof approach.
Next year we may see something new from Intel on 7nm EUV, or (doubt it) 10nm. Slap on top of it AMD will release Zen 3 late this year/early next year.
Mesab67
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."
Sixtyfps
Intel still the best for gaming all the way around. Im not one of those people who jump on the AMD bandwagon and act liek AMD are real Heroes or something. They are in buissness to make money same as intel and all of us deap in our hearts would do they same as they done. Looking forward to getting a 9900k
wavetrex
Lies.
*tinfoilhaton*
They are intentionally choking the supply chain to make it appear their products are in high demand so they can theoretically maintain high prices on obsolete products.
That only works for a while, until it starts to backfire.
That moment has come.
RavenMaster
The thing is, a lot of gamers are willing to pay a little bit more to get a quicker processor. So even if Intel drops their prices, if those CPU’s can’t match their AMD counterparts in performance numbers, people will still opt for AMD.
Intel needs to gtfo of 14nm habits and catch up to 7nm. Coz that’s what will help them gain performance in the end without setting the house on fire
anticupidon
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.
Equinoxe
My i7 3930K is still doing its job.
anticupidon
whatever floats your boat. there is no perfect hardware, only the one that simply does the task.
H83
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...
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.
tsunami231
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
Mesab67
Oh...they don't need to be so direct as demand, merely rig + stifle competition. Certainly, they'd like to see how far into the grey zone they can take this. Lawyers on both sides will be busy.
The Goose
I thought about changing to Amd 3900x from my i7 7700k but for just 5-10 extra fps in the games i play its not worth the money i`d lose selling my current cpu, Asus Prime z270a mobo and 32gig Corsair V pro rgb ddr4 3200, also i dont think the extra bandwidth for my Corsair MP600 2tb would make a massive impact on my life
Francesco
But if that was true... why reduce prices? It doesn't make sense, they can't keep up with the demand and yet reduce prices? Something is wrong here.
You reduce prices when demand is lower than supply, that's a fact, anything different would be a financial suicide that no shareholder would approve.
The scenario has changed, and Intel is adjusting prices accordingly to keep sales high.
wavetrex
...which is precisely until the moment Zen 2 products officially launched and entered the market at retail
+ Intel is not just CPUs. A lot of that cash flow is from their many, many subdivisions... network, modems, tons of Flash memory and Optane, licensing, etc. etc.
Their CPU division sales however is dropping like meteorites every month that passes... both in consumer and enterprise, with very few large installations (supercomputing) continuing to buy Intel, the large majority of announced new supercomputers are based on Rome (Zen 2)
Many datacenters are still buying plenty of Xeons, due to inertia of their management, but that won't last long if Intel keeps getting beaten in performance and price so badly.
And until right now, their Laptop/mobile products division had basically little to no competition. That is about to change in a BIG way with new Zen2 laptop CPUs/APUs coming, 8 cores on mobile, for half the price of Intel ones... (and better power efficiency, better performance too)
Let's see the numbers for this year, then we can talk about it.
anticupidon
I really want a Ryzen Thinkpad. Saving money as we speak.
