AMD announced that they were cutting prices on most of their line of CPU’s. Cuts are as large as 35% and start with their workstation/server chips. They also announced they were launching a new line of Opteron processors. The cuts just were not to AMD’s workstation/server chips, but to its mainstream Athlon 64 desktop and notebook products. All Athlon 64s for desktops, desktop replacement laptops, full-size notebooks and thin’n’light mobiles saw their prices reduced – only the Athlon 64-FX remained unchanged.
Sempron processors for desktops and full-size notebook also experienced price cuts, though the thin’n’light-oriented product prices remain unchanged. Most notably, AMD has begun differentiating between Socket A and Socket 754 parts on price, with the latter versions slightly cheaper. This applies to the old 32-bit Athlon XP-M prices, though the Athlon MP is now slightly cheaper than it was.