Advanced Micro Devices earlier this week lowered prices on notebook processors and a few desktop units, mostly to make way for new products.
The TL-60, a dual-core Turion chip for thin notebooks that runs at 2GHz, dropped 26 percent, from $354 to $263. The TL-56, which is a similar chip that runs at 1.8GHz, dropped from $263 to $220. The TL-52, which runs at 1.6GHz, waterfalled from $220 to $184.
On desktops, the Athlon 64 FX-62, a 2.8GHz monster chip for gamers, declined from $827 to $713. AMD posts more of its updated prices here, but it does not list the previous prices.
The price cuts on notebook processors will likely lead to discounts on AMD-based notebooks, if history is any indication. Notebook shipments continue to grow at the expense of desktops, although component shortages may create some supply problems this year.
AMD also said today that it is on track to ship chips produced on its 65-nanometer lines during the quarter. These chips will be faster, smaller and, ultimately, cheaper to produce than chips made on the 90-nanometer line. Intel has been popping out chips on 65-nanomteter factory lines for about a year, which has allowed Intel to put more pricing pressure on AMD.
Intel, meanwhile, made fewer cuts early this week. Most of those it did make were on the Celeron line. The Celeron D 360 for desktops went from $84 to $69, an 18 percent decline, while the Celeron 326, the cheapest chip Intel makes, went from $39 to $34. Intel prices range from $3,692 for an Itanium 2 model number 9050 to $34 for Celerons.
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