Intel reduces costs of the processors

American corporation Intel has lowered cost of some models of two-and chetyireh’yadernyih processors for desktop systems and servers on 11-31 %, informs CNews.

So, cost of two-nuclear processors Core 2 Duo E7200 (2,53 GHz), E8400 (3 GHz) and E8500 (3,16 Ggts), produced on the basis of technology 45-nanometer has been lowered. Cost of the first chip has fallen to 15 % from a former mark of $133 to $113, cost of the second chip has decreased on 11 % from $183 to $163. The price of the third processor has lost 31 % and has fallen from a ark of $266 to $183.

Decrease also has concerned popular chetyireh’yadernogo processor Core 2 Quad Q6600 for the user systems. The price of it CPU has fallen to 14 % to $193.

Server processors Xeon also have lost in the price: chetyireh’yadernyie X3210 (2,13 GHz) and X3220 (2,4 GHz) have fallen in price on 12 % from former $224 to $198. Dvuh’yadernyiy Xeon E3110 on the basis of technology 45-nanometer has fallen in price on 11 % to $167.

The new prices act since July, 20th, 2008 and are fair for the wholesale consignments including not less of 1000 processors. By words analytics Gabriel Consulting Group Dan Oldsa (Dan Olds), the company keeps prices down to clean warehouse stocks. «Intel wishes to get rid of these chips before laying off them», - the expert speaks, noticing, that is quite standard reception.

Price-list updating has occurred less than week later after the financial report publication for 2nd quarter 2008 in which Intel has informed on 25 percent growth of profit in comparison with the similar period of last year. The company profit has made $1,6 billion

The last scale reduction of prices has taken place in April 2008 g when depending on model the price of chips has been reduced by 12-50 %.

Corporation Intel also is published cost of the processors announced together with new mobile platform Intel Centrino 2: models Core 2 Duo T9600 (2,8 GHz), T9400 and P9500 (2,53 GHz), P8600 (2,4 GHz) and P8400 (2,26 GHz). Cost of these CPU makes from $209 for P8400 to $530 for T9600. New processors are produced of technology 45-nanometer. They are calculated for work with the tyre of 1066 MHz and have a cache-memory of the second level in capacity to 6 MB.

Intel is the world’s largest manufacturer of processors. By data iSuppli, in I quarter 2008 the company has taken 79,7 % of the market in money terms.