Yet they also indicate a complex product transition period for Intel. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker moved up several product launches this year to stave off market share increases from rival Advanced Micro Devices. The most recent launch was Intel's Core 2 Duo desktop processors. Since that product shipped earlier than expected, Intel had to clear out excess supply of older chips, many in the system builder industry have said. Recent deep discounts knocked some Pentium 4 processors to as low as $74--a more than 50 percent reduction, in some cases--and Celerons to as low as $39. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD countered with its own price cuts. View: The full story News source: CRN