Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) plans to lower the unit prices for Socket 754 Sempron processors in early May, with the maximum cut being 15%, according to Taiwan motherboard makers. The price reduction for the entry-level K8-compatible CPUs will help AMD with its plan to phase out its Socket-A processors by the end of the third quarter, according to market sources.
However, according to AMD Taiwan, the company will continue producing K7 processors as customers have requested it do so.
Prices for AMD’s Athlon 64 lineup will remain unchanged from levels set earlier this year.
Price cuts for the Sempron Socket-754 models will be one of the keys in helping AMD achieve its goal of having K8 CPUs account for 50% of its CPU output in the second quarter, up from about 33% in the first quarter, the sources noted.
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Source:
Digitimes
