Fall is here, and so are processor price cuts.
AMD earlier this week lowered prices on notebook processors and a few desktop units, mostly to make way for new products.
The TL-60, a dual-core Turion chip for thin notebooks that runs at 2GHz, dropped 26 percent, from $354 to $263. The TL-56, which is a similar chip that runs at 1.8GHz, dropped from $263 to $220. The TL-52, which runs at 1.6GHz, waterfalled from $220 to $184. On the desktop front, the Athlon 64 FX-62, a 2.8GHz monster chip for gamers, declined from $827 to $713. AMD posted more of its updated prices on its website, but did not list the previous prices.
AMD also said today that it is on track to ship chips produced on its 65-nanometer lines during the quarter. These chips will be faster, smaller and, ultimately, cheaper to produce than chips made on the 90-nanometer line.
Intel hasn't had a large-scale price cut since the summer, so a broad price cut, along with new products, will likely occur in the relatively near future. PC makers early next year will also release notebooks based on the Santa Rosa platform, which will also usher in faster notebook chips and, in all likelihood, notebook price cuts.
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AMD earlier this week lowered prices on notebook processors and a few desktop units, mostly to make way for new products.
The TL-60, a dual-core Turion chip for thin notebooks that runs at 2GHz, dropped 26 percent, from $354 to $263. The TL-56, which is a similar chip that runs at 1.8GHz, dropped from $263 to $220. The TL-52, which runs at 1.6GHz, waterfalled from $220 to $184. On the desktop front, the Athlon 64 FX-62, a 2.8GHz monster chip for gamers, declined from $827 to $713. AMD posted more of its updated prices on its website, but did not list the previous prices.
AMD also said today that it is on track to ship chips produced on its 65-nanometer lines during the quarter. These chips will be faster, smaller and, ultimately, cheaper to produce than chips made on the 90-nanometer line.
Intel hasn't had a large-scale price cut since the summer, so a broad price cut, along with new products, will likely occur in the relatively near future. PC makers early next year will also release notebooks based on the Santa Rosa platform, which will also usher in faster notebook chips and, in all likelihood, notebook price cuts.
View: Full Article @ c|net News.com
Little closed minded really
Intel might of had a product ready for years however it isnt worth releasing unless it is better than the competitor.
The fact the slowest conroe is as fast as the fastest Athlon is no coincidence Intel wont release any slower otherwise it would take the shine away from intel new chip series.
Intel learned that from 1.6ghz Pentium 4 versus 1.2Ghz Pentium 3
Pentium 3 quickly pulled from the shelves.
AMD if they have learned anything from Intel
will not splash any new processor across the media
until they are satisfied they have a superior product to Intel.
most definetely
but i don't expect to see anything it till mid to late 2008.
since AMD will not want to rush a product to displace Conroe.
AMD is targeting low power high future scalability
a full desktop / mobile solution
this takes time.
so AMD will probably wait for 65nm to achieve this,
i also expect an ATI GPU to slip into AM2 Torrenzo late next year maybe.
long before the GPU/CPU package.
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