https://wccftech.com/intel-planning-to-cut-skylake-x-pricing-in-half-rumors-of-similar-price-cuts-across-the-board/ > If you are someone that recently bought the Skylake-X series of processors, I have bad news for you. A report from Computerbase.de claims that Intel is planning to cut the pricing of the older 9th generation Skylake-X processors in half, which not only makes sense but was something inevitable due to how market forces work in a free market. With the brand new Cascade Lake X scheduled to arrive soon with a 50% reduction in cost per core, any retailer will only be able to sell the older Skylake-X CPUs at a lower price than Cascade Lake-X to informed buyers. > Here is where things get really interesting though - according to computerbase.de - Intel is planning to slash prices across the board as well. This is something that I have long considered to be inevitable. With AMD offering more than 4x the performance per dollar on EPYC Zen 2 parts, Intel would have to really sell its TCO analysis to maintain its market share. I have not done such a TCO analysis but I have to assume that a price cut is definitely needed to help Intel remain competitive.