Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[chipguy]

I was going by memory. I'm pretty sure I've read of Itanium price cuts before. In fact I seem to recall some very severe Itanium price cuts last year?

Wrong. Intel introduced lower performance and lower cost I2's
in the 14 months since the 1.5 GHz Madison 6M was introduced
but existing models stayed at the same price. BTW what has
happened to Opteron 844 pricing over the past 14 months? Has
it stayed the same?

Ooops I guess not:

June, 2003 - $2149

http://marketwatch-cnet.com.com/AMD+expands+Opteron+chip+line/2100-1006_3-1022167.html

August 2004 - $698

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_609,00.html

I think you mentally misplaced the "very severe price cuts" for
Opteron and attributed it to IPF. Wishful thinking perhaps?