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Intel Corp, the world's largest chip maker, said will it cut the prices of its fastest microprocessors for desktop and laptop PCs by as much as 38 percent on Sunday, following its regular pattern of slashing the cost of its chips in advance of faster models.
The price of Intel's Pentium 4 microprocessor running at 3 gigahertz was cut 32 percent to $401 from $589. The price of the mobile Pentium 4 chip running at 2.4 gigahertz was cut 38 percent to $348. Intel last made price cuts in February.
The cuts came as Intel introduced faster models of both types of chips.
The price of Intel's newest chip for desktop computers -- a Pentium 4 which also runs at 3 gigahertz but has a faster system bus, or pathway, to the rest of the computer -- was set at $417. The new mobile chip, which runs at 2.5 gigahertz, was set at $562.
Cuts to Intel's price list, which shows the cost of bulk purchases of 1,000 chips, generally translate into reductions in the price of personal computers because microprocessors, the brains of PCs, represent a significant percentage of the cost of a new computers.
Intel is not likely to keep the price of its fastest desktop Pentium 4 chip below $500 for long, according to a published report. A schedule of Intel prices released last week by technology news site DigiTimes.com said that in May, Intel will set the price of a soon-to-be-introduced 3.2 gigahertz Pentium 4 at $637.
Intel declined to comment on the DigiTimes report. However, the report did accurately predict the latest round of price cuts.
The price of Intel's Pentium 4 microprocessor running at 3 gigahertz was cut 32 percent to $401 from $589. The price of the mobile Pentium 4 chip running at 2.4 gigahertz was cut 38 percent to $348. Intel last made price cuts in February.
The cuts came as Intel introduced faster models of both types of chips.
The price of Intel's newest chip for desktop computers -- a Pentium 4 which also runs at 3 gigahertz but has a faster system bus, or pathway, to the rest of the computer -- was set at $417. The new mobile chip, which runs at 2.5 gigahertz, was set at $562.
Cuts to Intel's price list, which shows the cost of bulk purchases of 1,000 chips, generally translate into reductions in the price of personal computers because microprocessors, the brains of PCs, represent a significant percentage of the cost of a new computers.
Intel is not likely to keep the price of its fastest desktop Pentium 4 chip below $500 for long, according to a published report. A schedule of Intel prices released last week by technology news site DigiTimes.com said that in May, Intel will set the price of a soon-to-be-introduced 3.2 gigahertz Pentium 4 at $637.
Intel declined to comment on the DigiTimes report. However, the report did accurately predict the latest round of price cuts.