They're following in Dell's footsteps as far as losing pricing power due to commoditization.
I doubt average consumers care about which processor they're buying to surf the internet enough to pony up premium prices.
Maybe they're shrinking the business due to lack of demand for high end processors. If selling continues over days and weeks the market wonders where the end is in the shrinkage.
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