Not really mishkin, if they have that much of a backlog of sb chips that it is worth delaying ivy bridge release they must have an awful lot.
If you want to move anything in large quantities over a short period you have to cut prices at least a little, even say £10-20
I understand what you're saying, but I don't think this really applies to SB. Unless Intel basically pulled a fire-sale with SB, I don't see how they could really sell many more than they already are. Sandy prices are cheap and good NOW, there is hardly any need for an extra incentive for people to buy them. It's not like AMD can even come close to competing in the overall desktop market right now.
We don't even know why IB is delayed. It could be 22nm-tech related just as easily as it could be the other. Finally, how do you know how many SB chips they are looking to get rid of? Simply put, it would be downright foolish to lower Sandy prices at this time, as they are already plenty cheap enough as it is. Even if they lowered their prices another 10%, I highly doubt they would see much more sales, as everyone and their mother is going SB anyway. The only affect that would have is lost revenue. It is (or at least would be) a smart move on Intel's part to indeed delay IB. Hell, since AMD poses exactly zero challenge, the smartest thing from a pure monetary standpoint would be to delay IB indefinitely, or at least for a couple months. But there is absolutely no reason why they should LOWER current prices now, before IB even comes out. That would incredibly stupid.
Here's an idea: temporarily delay the release of your new chips, price your new chips about the same or a little higher than their "equivalent" older-gen chips, and then lower prices by X amount for the older-gen. Sound familiar? It should, because that is more or less standard practice in the cpu industry, and common sense as well. What ISN'T common sense is to lower prices of the older-gen chips NOW, before the new stuff is even out yet. In that scenario you are literally throwing money away, for zero gain or reason.
If you were Intel, would you rather "get rid of" SB chips at a cheaper price before or after your new lineup comes out? And it's not as if once IB is released, SB completely drops off the map. It's not like you will no longer be able to buy them or that they won't continue to be fantastically viable for years to come. No, they will merely be the slightly cheaper option to the new thing - in this case IB.
