Intel posted price cuts 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 US$530 to US$266, while the quad-core Xeon X3230 (2.66GHz) saw an identical cut: from US$530 to US$266.
Celeron price-cut highlights include the Celeron 430 (1.8GHz), reduced 23 percent from US$44 to US$34 and the dual-core Celeron E1200 (1.6GHz), falling 19 percent from US$53 to US$43.
The dual-core Xeon 3085 (3GHz) was reduced 29 percent from US$266 to US$188, and the Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 (3GHz), from US$266 to US$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 US$74 and US$64, respectively.
The chipmaker introduced the dual-core Celeron E1400 (2GHz) at a price of US$53 and Celeron 570 (2.66GHz) at US$134.
New Core 2 Duo chips were also introduced. The E8300 (6MB cache, 2.83GHz) and the E7200 (3MB cache, 2.53GHz) at US$163 and and US$133, respectively.
This article was originally a blog post on CNET News.com.
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