Intel Itanic prices chopped

Up to 32 per cent off

By Tony Smith • Get more from this author

Posted in Channel, 23rd August 2004 10:42 GMT

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Intel's Pentium 4 price cuts, applied yesterday, will probably garner the most headlines, but the chip giant also reduced what it charges for selected Itanium 2 processors.

Itantic 2 prices fell by up to 32 per cent. However, the two fastest chips in terms of clock frequency, saw their price-tags remain unchanged.

Intel Itanium 2 22 August Price Cuts
Processor	Prev. Price	New Price	Change
1.6GHz, 3MB L3 cache 400MHz FSB, 130nm	$2408	$2408
1.4GHz, 6MB L3 cache 400MHz FSB, 130nm	$4227	$4227
1.4GHz, 4MB L3 cache 400MHz FSB, 130nm	$2247	$1980	-11.9%
1.4GHz, 3MB L3 cache 400MHz FSB, 130nm	$1172	$851	-27.4%
1.4GHz, 1.5MB L3 cache 400MHz FSB, 130nm	$1172	$851	-27.4%
1.3GHz, 3MB L3 cache 400MHz FSB, 130nm	$1338	$910	-32%
1GHz, 1.5MB L3 cache 400MHz FSB, 130nm	$744	$530	-28.9%