Intel
posted price cuts on Sunday that included reductions of 50 percent on select
quad-core processors. The chipmaker also introduced new Celeron and Core 2 Duo
processor models. The price of the Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66GHz) fell 50
percent from $530 to $266, while the quad-core Xeon X3230 (2.66GHz) saw an
identical cut: from $530 to $266. Celeron price-cut highlights include the
Celeron 430 (1.8GHz), reduced 23 percent from $44 to $34 and the dual-core
Celeron E1200 (1.6GHz), falling 19 percent from $53 to $43. The dual-core Xeon
3085 (3GHz) was reduced 29 percent from $266 to $188, and the Intel Core 2 Duo
E6850 (3GHz), from $266 to $183, or 31 percent.
Pentium dual-core chips saw price drops too: The E2200 (2.2GHz) and E2180 (2GHz)
were cut 12 percent and 14 percent to $74 and $64, respectively. The
chipmaker introduced the dual-core Celeron E1400 (2GHz) at a price of $53 and
Celeron 570 (2.66GHz) at $134. New Core 2 Duo chips were also introduced. The
E8300 (6MB cache, 2.83GHz) and the E7200 (3MB cache, 2.53GHz) at $163 and and
$133, respectively.
