Intel and AMD face rising China server CPU prices as lead times stretch to six months
firstadopter · x · 2026-07-23
Reuters reports that Intel and AMD are negotiating longer-term purchase commitments with Chinese server customers as data-center CPU prices keep rising.
Key points:
- some server CPU prices in China are up more than 10% month over month
- some products have risen more than 40% since the start of the year
- Intel lead times for some server CPUs had stretched to as long as six months earlier this year
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