According to DigiTimes, the upcoming quad-core Core 2 Extreme will be priced at $999. Intel disclosed at IDF that the chip will run at 2.66GHz with 8MB of total L2 cache. As for the cheaper Kentsfield, which will be dubbed Core 2 Quad Q6600, DigiTimes says it will launch in January at $851-well above the dual-core Core 2 Duo E6700 that currently retails for $499 on Newegg. The sources suggested that prices of quad-core CPUs may start declining in the third quarter of 2007 when Intel is expected to launch its next-generation quad-core processors, codenamed Yorkfield. At the same timeframe, AMD will likely begin releasing its own quad-core CPUs, the sources said.