Intel price cuts make PII yet more mass-market
Published: 26 Jan 1998 11:46 GMT
While the chip Leviathan debuted the 333MHz Pentium II at $722, the previous top-end 300MHz device is cut 28 per cent from $738 to $530, the 266MHz is down 29 per cent from $530 to $375, and the 233MHz is 33 per cent down to $268 from $401.
Pentium Pro prices stay the same but the Pentium MMX desktop flavour is hacked apart with 233MHz chips down 38 per cent from $300 to $193, the 200MHz speed down 42 per cent form $213 to $123, and the 166MHz part down from $112 to $95.
Mobile versions of the Pentium MMX are cut by up to 51 per cent wth the 266MHz reduced from $659 to $466, the 233MHz down from $605 to $359, the 200MHz from $423 to $230, and the 1.8-volt 166MHz cut from $300 to $161.
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