<story><title>Intel is reducing server chip pricing in attempt to stem the AMD tide</title><url>https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-reduces-server-pricing-to-fight-amd</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cletus</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s amazing how far Intel has fallen.&lt;p&gt;The 10nm debacle exposed how far they&amp;#x27;ve fallen behind on fabs to the point that they&amp;#x27;re outsourcing to TSMC. Like, how humiliating must that be?&lt;p&gt;Intel completely missed the mobile revolution. They had a stake in that race but sold it (ie XScale).&lt;p&gt;Intel&amp;#x27;s product segmentation is bewildering. They&amp;#x27;ve also kept features &amp;quot;enterprise&amp;quot; only to prop up high server chip prices to the detriment to computing as a whole, most notably ECC support.&lt;p&gt;And on the server front, which I&amp;#x27;m sure is what&amp;#x27;s keeping them in business now, they face an existential threat in the form of ARM.&lt;p&gt;Intel had clearly shifted to a strategy of extracting as much money as possible from their captive market. I&amp;#x27;m not sure price cuts here are necessarily about AMD but more than their previously captive market now has more options in general.&lt;p&gt;How the mighty have fallen.</text></comment>
<story><title>Intel is reducing server chip pricing in attempt to stem the AMD tide</title><url>https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-reduces-server-pricing-to-fight-amd</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>lvl100</author><text>Intel is NOT competing against AMD only. In the past couple of years, we’ve seen a number of big tech companies developing their own chips. Focusing on AMD would be quite myopic from a strategic pov. This market is only getting more competitive. Either you compete on performance or price.</text></comment>