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To: Road Walker who wrote (136632)	6/4/2001 10:40:40 PM
From: dale_laroy	Respond to of 186894

>but the prices for the high end have trended down over the years. Again, weak sell-through is influencing Intel.< Only half true. Each new speed grade, including major core revisions, such as Katmai, and later Coppermine, has tended to be introduced at a lower price than the previous highest speed grade in the same processor family has. For example, the 25 MHz 386 was introduced at significantly less than the introductory price of the 20 MHz 386 (indeed at introduction the price of the 25 MHz 386 represented a price cut from the immediately prior price of the 20 MHz 386). One exception to even this being that, prior to the introduction Athlon, each new speed grade of Coppermine was introduced at a higher price than the introductory price of the prior peak speed grade. Additonally, totally new cores have tended to be introduced at higher prices than the introductory price of the previous core. The 486 was introduced at a slightly higher price than the introductory price of the 386. The Pentium was introduced at a price higher than the introductory price of the 486. And the Pentium Pro was introduced at a higher price than the introductory price of the Pentium. The P4 represents a major departure, in that it was introduced at a lower price than the introductory price of the Pentium Pro. But this can probably be attributed to the exceptionally long run of the P6 core. The rapid drop of the highest speed grade P4 to less than $500 however is unprecedented.