AMD to Drop Single Core CPUs and Cut Dual core Prices on Monday

jmke · 8th July 2007, 17:39

With only a month until the most anticipated AMD product launch in five years, the company is pulling out all the stops to get competitive before the Back to School buying season. The AMD-Intel price war, now almost into its second year, was cited as one of the contributing factors to the $611 million dollar loss AMD posted in the fiscal first quarter of 2007. Following that loss came a 400 employee headcount reduction and a $2.2 billion cash-for-stock deal. Almost immediately after posting its Q1 loss, Mercury research declared that Intel managed to recapture all of AMD's marketshare gains from 2006 in the first three months of 2007. JP Morgan directly attributed the Intel traction due to aggressive pricing.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=7960

jmke · 8th July 2007, 17:44

Boxed CPU price C2D E4300 €114 / $117
http://www.alternate.de/html/product...l?artno=HPFI47
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115013

New price AMD X2 4800+ $109

Performance out of the box of 4600+ is higher than E4300/E6300 according to http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=2903&p=4

With this is mind, the mid-range no-OC price/performance balance is for AMD; until end of July, of course

8th July 2007, 19:44

How is the heat and power consumpion of the two?

jmke · 8th July 2007, 20:09

no more than 30W difference at most; nothing to lose sleep over

Sidney · 8th July 2007, 22:31

Intel new pricings on 22nd July does not include E2xxx and E4xxx series, does it?

8th July 2007, 17:39	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	AMD to Drop Single Core CPUs and Cut Dual core Prices on Monday With only a month until the most anticipated AMD product launch in five years, the company is pulling out all the stops to get competitive before the Back to School buying season. The AMD-Intel price war, now almost into its second year, was cited as one of the contributing factors to the $611 million dollar loss AMD posted in the fiscal first quarter of 2007. Following that loss came a 400 employee headcount reduction and a $2.2 billion cash-for-stock deal. Almost immediately after posting its Q1 loss, Mercury research declared that Intel managed to recapture all of AMD's marketshare gains from 2006 in the first three months of 2007. JP Morgan directly attributed the Intel traction due to aggressive pricing. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=7960 Attached Thumbnails __________________

8th July 2007, 17:44	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Boxed CPU price C2D E4300 €114 / $117 http://www.alternate.de/html/product...l?artno=HPFI47 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115013 New price AMD X2 4800+ $109 Performance out of the box of 4600+ is higher than E4300/E6300 according to http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=2903&p=4 With this is mind, the mid-range no-OC price/performance balance is for AMD; until end of July, of course __________________

8th July 2007, 20:09	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	no more than 30W difference at most; nothing to lose sleep over __________________

8th July 2007, 22:31	#5
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Intel new pricings on 22nd July does not include E2xxx and E4xxx series, does it? __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
AMD issues dramatic price cuts for triple-core CPUs	jmke	WebNews	0	9th September 2008 17:34
Intel to cut prices on July 20th for Dual Cores	jmke	WebNews	4	8th July 2008 15:29
AMD drops CPU prices, cheapest Phenom X3 now $125	jmke	WebNews	3	2nd July 2008 11:04
Intel to cut 65 nm quad-core processor prices	jmke	WebNews	4	22nd February 2008 22:04
AMD slashes Phenom prices	jmke	WebNews	0	17th December 2007 13:37
Intel won't cut Core 2 Duo / quad desktop prices soon	jmke	WebNews	3	7th September 2007 19:48
Intel prices up 65nm dual, single-core 'Yonah'	jmke	WebNews	0	3rd January 2006 13:21
Intel accused of halving CPU prices to cut out AMD	jmke	WebNews	0	14th May 2005 16:50
AMD lowers Athlon 64 prices again	jmke	WebNews	8	9th November 2004 22:06
Intel to cut Dothan CPU prices on October 17	jmke	WebNews	0	24th September 2004 07:54

8th July 2007, 19:44	#3
Rutar Posts: n/a	How is the heat and power consumpion of the two?