Intel has confirmed that it will raise the price of its processors by up to 10% starting in October. Not all of its processors will go up by 10%, as some will increase by a smaller percentage, but this reflects a change in Intel’s strategy, which will give priority to the most profitable models in its lineup.
Intel processors have increased in price several times, but the processors most affected have almost always been those from generations before Arrow Lake-S. The Core Ultra 200S and 200S Plus have not increased as much in price because demand has been lower.
Building a PC Is Getting More Expensive as Intel Plans Processor Price Hike
According to DigiTimes, the situation will change starting in October, because this price increase of up to 10% will be applied across the board. This means that all Intel processors will increase in price, and that the maximum price increase will be 10%.
Chinese sources have also said that TSMC has warned of a 10% increase in the price of its most widely used manufacturing nodes, and that this price increase is immediate and impossible to avoid or negotiate. Intel uses several TSMC nodes in the production of some of its processors, because these combine blocks made with different nodes, so Intel will be affected by this increase in costs.
We have had a very difficult year in the technology market, with constant price increases in almost all the basic components needed to build a PC, and this has made building or buying a computer increasingly expensive and difficult for consumers.
