Recently, Intel announced a price cut for its upcoming Cascade Lake-X CPU. On October 1, VideoCardz revealed a leak suggesting Intel would be slashing prices for its upcoming HEDT (high-end desktop) Cascade Lake-X CPUs by 40%–50%. This price cut would align prices for Intel’s HEDT CPU and AMD’s second-generation Ryzen Threadripper. Yesterday, Intel confirmed the rumor was true. It is set to officially announce the new HEDT CPUs on October 7, and make them available in the market in November.

Investors’ fears have come true with Intel’s price cuts. A price war could benefit customers but impact Intel’s and AMD’s margins. Their stocks fell 4.3% and 2.3% in the first two days of October.