Upcoming 'Penryn'-based 45nm high-end quad-core CPUs may well attract an even higher price premium than before, it has emerged. Intel has apparently informed customers that next year's Core 2 Extreme processors will cost up to 50 per cent more than today's models. According to newly released Penryn pricing data posted by a number of websites, November's Core 2 Extreme QX9650 will cost $999 when sold in batches of 1000 chips. That's the price point Intel has maintained for the Extreme line of gaming processors since the family was introduced back in the Pentium D days.

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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by aclca on 16 Oct 2007 - 10:51
Y up??
ingore AMD's "low-price " in China?
or China isnt included?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by VRam on 16 Oct 2007 - 11:00
Intel must miss the old days when they could pay for a years worth of R/D by selling only 100 consumer cpus.
(3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Xire on 16 Oct 2007 - 12:10
Congratulations to all AMD haters Now you'll love Intel even more.
Quote this comment #3.1 Posted by vetneufuse on 16 Oct 2007 - 12:54
Why? Because the price went up some so they can do more research to make better processors in the future? Lately AMD has been behind it seems like, and it seems to be due to finances a lot.
Quote this comment #3.2 Posted by +Dakkaroth on 16 Oct 2007 - 17:43
I really like AMD, but you've got to admit they've fallen out recently. After building a few computers with AMD, I think it's time to hop aboard with Intel. Though, I don't see myself paying an outrageous amount for the new tech, as I'm not much of an early adopter.

Hopefully AMD will bring out the big guns and bring on some competition. I'd really like to get the C2D/C2Q for cheaper.
Quote this comment #3.3 Posted by +Octol on 16 Oct 2007 - 21:47
Quote - (Dakkaroth said @ #3.2)
I don't see myself paying an outrageous amount for the new tech, as I'm not much of an early adopter.

Try this "old" tech on the cheap: Q6600 Quad Core Processor $277.90
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by jmmycrackcorn on 16 Oct 2007 - 14:14
And you... what? Expected them to lower the price?
Heh... no. That's not how this works.

To begin a new product cycle, they first they unleash the "new tech" Hype Machine and talk up the forthcoming new chips as if it was something akin to a new way to make sliced break (only with more and better slicing, and less non-slicing.... mmmmmmmm.... slicyness.)

Then they introduce the new chips at a sky-high price that nobody but people with more money than they know what to do with can afford. These are the "Extreme" chips. This generates demand for some affordable chips as we all salivate over benchmarks for chips we can't really afford but would like to dream we could.

Then they re-introduce the same chips but with a new name and a slightly different feature set, and chop down the price substantially. This is a "mainstream"chip, and it benefits from the free publicity the "extreme" version generated for it.

Then, they introduce a refresh of the Mainstream chips, tweaking them a bit and offering some new features. At the same time, you chop down all the preceding Mainstream prices some more.

Finaly, they subject this product cycle to the "old tech" Mype Machine and bring on the Celerons while cranking up the "new tech" Hype Machine for the next round of this cycle.

Product cycle completed. Begin new product cycle.

Any questions?

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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by +Zhivago on 16 Oct 2007 - 15:14
That's pure marketing (segmentation) and economics (profit maximization) and it shouldn't matter to 99% of Intel's customers. Their mainstream CPU's get better and cheaper everyday.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by +M2Ys4U on 16 Oct 2007 - 15:48
"That's the price point Intel has maintained for the Extreme line of gaming processors since the family was introduced back in the Pentium D days."

Inflation anyone? The dollar has been getting weaker and weaker too...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by 8-n-1 on 16 Oct 2007 - 16:06
This is why AMD needs to get back in the game. Without decent competition, prices go up up up.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by MDboyz on 16 Oct 2007 - 18:34
Well, but the current chips (Core 2 Quad) are pretty cheap right now.
I don't think Intel see the need for cutting the price, 'till AMD comes out with something better than Intel current chips.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by dhitb on 16 Oct 2007 - 23:59
The extreme line is for people with money to throw in an open flame anyway. Why the controversy?
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