Intel CPU Prices Stagnate As AMD Sales Decline

crookedvulture writes "Over the past few years, AMD's desktop processors have struggled to keep up with Intel's. AMD has slashed prices to make its chips more appealing, but Intel has largely held firm. Three years of historical data shows that Intel CPU prices have remained stagnant, especially for models that cost $200 and up. AMD chips, on the other hand, tend to fall in price steadily after they first hit the market. Some drop by up to 43% in the first year. This trend is a byproduct of the unhealthy competitive landscape in the desktop CPU arena, and it's been great for Intel's gross margin. Unfortunately, it's not so good for consumers."

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Re:AMD needs some high profile support

[Gilmoure]

But, but, Apple's a beleaguered liche player whose only customers are Pennyfarthing riding hipsters with handlebar mustaches who are too stupid to realize that Apple doesn't even ship anything in their pretty boxes but straw and dirt, 'cause hipsters never open the boxes but just leave them lying orotund their loft apartments with 20' ceilings that are painted all white and there's no place to eat down a bottle of cheap red wine because it'll clash with their Gucci polar bear fur bean bag chairs.