Intel lowers chip prices
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Intel Corp., the world&#39;s biggest computer-chip maker, cut prices on some laptop semiconductors by as much as 34 percent as the company seeks to pare inventory.
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The Intel Corporation said that it was canceling plans to market a faster version of its Pentium 4 chip to focus on products with "more bang for the buck."
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SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp. has cut prices on its computer chips by as much as 35 percent, though analysts on Monday said the cuts were probably unrelated to swelling inventories of the world&#39;s largest chip maker.
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Shares of Intel Corp. INTC.O fell  1.35 percent before the bell on Monday following a ratings  downgrade by First Albany.
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The world&#39;s largest chip maker, Intel, is changing its approach to making faster computer microprocessors. It has dropped plans to release a four gigahertz version of its flagship Pentium 4 chip.
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By JORDAN ROBERTSON  SAN JOSE, Calif. - Shares of Intel Corp. fell in after-hours trading after the world's largest chip maker announced sweeping job cuts that some investors believed were not severe enough.  Intel shares fell 26 cents to $19.73 in after-hours trading Tuesday.
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Intel Corp. , the world's largest semiconductor maker, will cut 10,500 jobs as part of chief executive Paul Otellini's plan to reduce costs by $3 billion annually starting in 2008.
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A new chipset offers high-end features for less cash, an effort to spark PC makers to update their low-price offerings.
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ATI Technologies announced a technology that reduces the need for dedicated graphics memory, which could lead to lower PC system costs.
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(InfoWorld) - Anyone looking to add a bit more memory to their computers won a gift from the DRAM (dynamic RAM) industry. Heavy competition has caused prices to tumble and industry analysts predict further price declines. The contract price of the most widely used DRAM chips, 512Mb, DDR2 (double data rate, second generation) chips that run at 667MHz dropped 12.5 percent from two weeks ago to $1.75 each as of Thursday, a new low for this year according to DRAMeXchange Technology, which runs an online trading site for the chips. That's great news for users for three reasons. DRAM price declines increase the likelihood that PC vendors such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell will add more DRAM to the computers they sell, or offer extra DRAM as an incentive; it give users a chance to buy more DRAM on the cheap; and it generallyÂ spurs memory chip makers to move forward on new technologyÂ that will ultimately increase computing performance. Contract DRAM prices for DDR2-667 chips have plunged 70.5 percent so far this year to the Thursday low. The main reason is because memory chip makers built too many new production lines in anticipationÂ of strong demand for Microsoft's Windows Vista, which requires more DRAM per PC, as well as because stronger DRAM prices in general for the past few years was a sign to some that the market had stabilized, analysts say. DRAM prices may continue to decline a bit further, but downside appears limited, according to Gartner. Today's pricing is at a similar level to the lows reached in May of this year, when DRAM makers refused to sell because the price had hit their cash cost. "However, we may see some activity below this level, because some brokers and distributors who are holding inventory may be prepared to sell at a lower price to clear stock," the market researcher said. Over the years, DRAM makers have tended to place more emphasis on winning market share than on profits, and the current DRAM price declines are symptomatic of their battles. Companies have invested so much money in new factories that the increased output has caused a glut, leading to price declines. Prices for DRAM chips fellÂ almost 40 percent in the first half of this year, compared to the first half of 2006, offsetting a 66 percent increase in unit shipments, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. Contract prices are typically renegotiated between DRAM makers and PC vendors every two weeks. Around four fifths of all DRAM is sold by contract, while the rest is sold on the spot market, just like commodities such as oil and gold. Â
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It's good news for users: as CPU and memory chip sales fall, so will prices--to vendors' dismay.
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U.S. consumers don't want to pay for low-power, high-performance chip.
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Aggressive 1333MHz FSB pricing strategy Intel has slashed the price of a number of its desktop and mobile processors, but the cuts, while deep, aren't as extensive as anticipated. However, the move confirms an aggressive pricing plan for the chip maker's 1333MHz frontside bus parts.â¦
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Intel, the world's leading computer chip maker, slashes its revenue forecasts, triggering a decline in global chip stocks.
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Taiwanese hardware maker Asustek Computer Inc. is working with Intel Corp. on a line of notebook PCs priced as low as US$199, according to one of the chipmaker&#39;s top executives.
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Dell cut prices on some servers and PCs by as much as 22 percent because it&#39;s paying less for parts. The company will pass the savings on components such as memory and liquid crystal displays
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Intel Corp.'s share of the market for personal-computer processors dropped to its lowest in 11 years during the fourth quarter as the chipmaker lost orders to Advanced Micro Devices Inc.