US Stock Market Move | The price of CPUs is set to rise by another 10%. Intel Corporation (INTC.US) opened with a more than 6% increase.

On Tuesday, Intel Corporation (INTC.US) opened up more than 6% higher, currently reported at $101.26. On the news front, Intel Corporation is restructuring its CPU business profitability through a dual approach of raising prices and cutting product lines. On September 8, it was reported that Intel Corporation's PC CPUs are expected to increase in price by about 10% again on October 5, 2026. This marks the third round of price increases for Intel Corporation since the end of 2025an approximate 10% increase in the first quarter of 2026, followed by another price hike in July for some consumer-grade and server-grade CPUs, with increases ranging from several dozen dollars to over a thousand dollars. At the same time, Intel Corporation CEO Lip-Bu Tan is reviewing the low-margin Small Core product line, with some products potentially entering the EOL (End of Life) phase. Supply chain insiders indicate that this series of actions all point to the same goal: improving overall gross margins and moving away from the past strategy of exchanging volume for price.