By Aled Herbert, 17 July 2001 08:40
NEWS Intel has slashed prices of its mobile Pentium III processors by up to 37 per cent and is cutting the cost of its desktop PIIIs and Celerons. Prices on the 900MHz and 1GHz mobile PIII chips fell from $423 to $268 and $637 to $401 respectively. The price cuts on lower end chips ranged between 18 and 31 per cent and are based on processors sold in 1,000-unit quantities. The move paves the way for the introduction later this month of Intel's Tualatin chips, the codename for the company's PIII processor based on a 0.13-micron manufacturing process. The chipmaker said the price cuts were part of the company's regular price reductions in line with market trends. The PC market has been hard hit in the last year, and analysts claim manufacturers and chip companies could face more hard times as the global economic downturn continues to bite into sales.
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