Intel has categorically walloped a rumour that it was planning to hike consumer CPU prices across the board. It was claimed earlier this week that the company had sent a letter to some distributors warning of the price rise and blaming it, among other things, on the need to invest in new fabs and restructure.
While informing its channel partners of specific pricing changes is not particularly peculiar, the notion that Intel would get into the weeds in such comms with a sob story concerning its investment strategy isn't terribly plausible. And so it's not a huge surprise that the company has flatly denied any such communication took place.
