Intel will raise the price of its CPUs by 10% again in October and may abandon the Small Core range

Artificial intelligence is making 2026 very difficult when it comes to buying new hardware. Manufacturers are raising prices due to high RAM and storage costseven if the products do not include these components. According to Digitimes, Intel will continue to raise the prices of its CPUs with a 10% increase for next October. Additionally, Intel is said to be abandoning its product line Small Core to increase overall profitability.

Intel prepares another 10% increase in the price of its CPUs

Intel has already raised the price of its CPUs since the end of 2025, and next October it seems that another one will arrive additional 10% increase. Lip-Bu Tan seems to be focused on offering greater profitability to the company, carrying out an exhaustive review of prices, manufacturing costs, gross profit and even the product portfolio. For the latter, Qualcomm and MediaTek can take advantage of the gap that Intel will leave with the Small Core to expand its chis market for industrial and IoT PCs.

Intel prioritizes gross margin over market share

Intel aims improve gross margininstead of offering a better market share with their CPUs. PC shipments will decrease slightly in 2027, going from 260 million units to 250 million next year.

Additionally, according to rumors Intel is prioritizing the manufacturing your own server CPUs in your factorieswhile consumer products are outsourced to TSMC. This can also leave PC solutions with lower production capacity, and put greater pressure on processes. Intel 18A and Intel 14A long awaited. If Intel wants to offer a greater supply of server CPUs, which offer greater profit, it may even have to depend partly on TSMC to improve its profits.

New Intel launches will arrive in 2027

The main news will arrive in March and then between June and July 2027maintaining greater dynamism in the PC market throughout next year. With these planned launches, distributors will surely want to get ahead of themselves to increase their stock, thus partly recovering demand in the PC supply chain.