https://wccftech.com/intel-xeon-6-6980p-hits-a-record-low-price-of-6190-half-the-official-msrp/
This could be half the official headcount
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I’m a CIO at another Silicon Valley firm - and you’d have to send you hottest secretary over for daily BJs in order for me to buy Intel ever again.
@a7 these were released in Q324. The price shouldn't have deteriorated by 50% yet.
Intel can no longer charge a premium for their products because the competition has surpassed them.
Poor Intel!
I don't believe OP thinks headcount is based on the Xeon msrp.
@am Yeah they don't sell to the Klingons or Romulans otherwise
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/china-claims-nvidia-built-backdoor-into-h20-chip-designed-for-chinese-market/
Buyer beware.
I'm with Starfleet. We don't lie.
Typical Intel behavior assuming OP doesn't understand something that basically everyone understands and that doesn't really apply in the situation. Starfleet Trains us to deflect this behavior they have picked up with their dealings with the Ferengi.
@7 Ships logs say that top of the line flagship class XEons should cost 10Gs! At the very minimum! In 2020 $$!!!
I don't believe OP realizes that ASP goes down over time.
@a2 I sense you are being truthful
The article says Intel 3 and states it is 5nm sir
In short the fat lady has stopped singing. More cuts incoming
@OP Damm u can get a whole server for the same cost as 2 gaming GPUs