According to a recent report by Nikkei Asia, Intel has informed customers of its plans to raise prices for its processors and peripheral chips this fall. Nikkei Claims that, according to three industry executives with direct knowledge, the alleged cause of rising chip production costs is due to rising electricity, raw material, transportation and labor costs. construction site.
Also Inflation is seen as another factor forcing Intel to raise its prices. For now, keep in mind that it is unconfirmed news, but endorsed by an Asian newspaper.
Intel is forced to raise prices
Intel would be raising the possibility of raise the prices of practically all its products, including consumer and server computer processors and chips Wi-Fi. Possible increases may vary product by product.
A single-digit increase of up to 10%-20% is expected for some flagship models. Products that could become more expensive this fall include flagship CPUs for desktop PCs, laptops, and servers. This would significantly increase the price of new pre-built PCs or the cost of upgrading them. Their cost could make them more expensive. including service providers such as data centers or the cloud raise their prices.
Intel would have already begun to inform its customers of the imminent price increases. But he would not have detailed the magnitude of the price increase in question. An Intel statement released by the Nikkei said that in its first-quarter earnings call, Intel indicated it would raise prices in certain segments of its business due to inflationary pressures.
Companies like AMD, Nvidia, Xilinxm, Marvell, Realtek, Phison and Silicon Motion are experiencing the same inflationary problems as Intel, so if prices don't go up so much, many manufacturers could switch to their products over Intel's. Intel is expected to present its Q2022 28 report on July XNUMX, so we may have additional information about upcoming price increases at that time.
Source: Tom's Hardware
