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Intel 'Conroe' pricing leaks out

By Tony Smith
Published Wednesday 5th April 2006 09:27 GMT

Freshly leaked Pentium D pricing information has added weight to claims (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/21/intel_q3_desktop_cpu_price_cuts/) that Intel will ship the next model in the series, the 960, at the end of this month before slashing prices in Q3 when its next-generation architecture 'Conroe' processor debuts.

Pentium D pricing data provided (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1619) by DailyTech confirms earlier reports that the 960 will cost $533 at launch on 30 April before falling to $316 in Q3 when Conroe launches. Current Pentium D 9xx chips will see their prices cut (http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/02/14/intel_price_cuts_23_april/) on 23 April, as expected.

Four Conroe chips will ship initially: the E6300, E6400, E6600 and E6700, following Intel's new processor numbering scheme (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/09/intel_desktop_roadmap_feb_06/), introduced when the Core Duo mobile processor family arrived earlier this year. The four dual-core Conroes are clocked at 1.86, 2.13, 2.40 and 2.67GHz, respectively, run on a 1066MHz frontside bus and contain 4MB of cache shared between the two cores.

The CPUs will be priced at $209, $244, $316 and $530, respectively, at launch, the new report claims. At the same time, Intel will debut the VT-less Pentium D 925 at $178. In addition to the 960's price reduction to $316, the 950 will come down to $241 and the 940 to $209. Intel has already indicated it intends to phase out (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/13/intel_eols_pentium_920/) the 930 and 920. ®

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