Intel Corp (INTC)

[jhalada]

chipguy,

IMO all P4 SKUs are much less desirable than Conroe so
if Intel wants to clear its P4 risk build inventory and do the
maximum damage to AMD's bottom line at the same time
it will basically config every last device to its full potential
and price the whole shebang to move quickly.

That would do maximum damage to Intel's bottom line. Netburst is Intel's premium product, and it needs to bring in substantial portion of $6 Billion of revenue.

Don't forget that vast majority of K8 products (except high end X2s, FX and high end Opterons) are also downbinned.

Joe