Intel pledges 60 per cent price cuts

by admin June 10, 2006 at 12:16 pm

Intel says new technology will let it get chips to market faster, allowing it to cut prices by as much as 60 per cent.

An Intel spokesman told Reuters: “We have a more aggressive product and manufacturing ramp, so those older Pentium products will move down faster. It’s not like we’re cutting prices for the sake of cutting prices.”

The company will move more quickly to 65nm production of its Core chips than it has done in the past. This means it should have mid-priced chips ready to replace Pentium chips faster than usual when it moves technologies.

Read more: reghardware.co.uk