Leaked AMD Roadmap - Steamroller Delayed, Trinity on Rise

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Soleron said:

Darc Requiem said:
This isn't good for CPU prices. AMD becoming less and less relevant will give Intel little to no incentive to keep costs down.

This has already happened.

Cheapest quad-core processor:

2007: Intel Q8400, $183
2012: Intel i5 2320, $177

Incidentally the Q8400 existed as a response to the Phenom II X4 940 being competitive. After that point, no AMD flagship ever was, and thus a whole $6 price drop for quad-cores beyond that.

Ironically it's probably as much Intel trying to keep AMD arround so as to avoid strict anti monopoly regulations as anything. If Intel wanted to get rid of AMD they could lower prices across the board and AMD would be dead real quick. I mean Intel makes twice as much profit as AMD makes revenue these days.