Intel quietly slashes prices of Xeon 6 CPUs by up to $5,340

Then again, the very fact that Intel needed to lower the prices of its leading-edge Xeon 6900P-series 'Granite Rapids' processors by as much as $5,340 per unit indicates that it is not exactly satisfied with the number of units sold and would like to increase sales. Another reason for the price reduction could be Intel's intention to stop, or at least slow down, AMD's strengthening position in the data center CPU market. AMD commanded a 24.2% share of the data center CPU market in Q3 2024, its highest share since the mid-2000s, according to Mercury Research.

It's wild that even with Intel going through so many troubles, AMD still only has ~25% of (shipment?) share in the data centre.