Responding to Intel's P4 cuts, AMD slashes prices on Athlon and Duron chips.
Chips keep getting cheaper.
As anticipated, Advanced Micro Devices cut the wholesale prices on its desktop processors this week, fewer than seven days after rival Intel drastically reduced the prices of its Pentium 4 chips. AMD changed the prices on its Web site Thursday afternoon, showing the changes taking effect retroactively from Monday. All prices are per chip in quantities of 1000, a standard industry measurement. According to AMD's site, the company has dropped the prices of its entire line of desktop Athlon and Duron processors. The prices for its Mobile Duron chips remain unchanged.