Advance Micro Devices (AMD) on May 26 lowered the prices of eight Athlon XP processors, a day after Intel announced price cuts on its Celeron products. Compared to Intel, AMD posted a relatively greater discount, ranging from 6.3% to as high as 31.8%. Intel"s largest cut was seen in its 2.4GHz Celeron, whose price only dropped by 18.4% to US$84 from US$103.
Despite the two major processor makers" efforts to boost buying sentiment through price cuts, the processor business has been generally weak in May due to slackening demand in the motherboard market, local distributors said.
Biggest movers:
3000+ $325 > $265 (18.5%)
2600+ $151 > $103 (31.8%)
2500+ $124 > $89 (28.2%)
2400+ $103 > $84 (18.4%)