>drastically lowers the price of mid-range CPUs Well, I think the current mid-range Ryzen's offer significant value and I imagine OEMs will start including the

>drastically lowers the price of mid-range CPUs Well, I think the current mid-range Ryzen's offer significant value and I imagine OEMs will start including them into their popular models sooner than later. 6 cores at 3.6ghz with a 4.0ghz boost for $239. https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-1600X-Processor-YD160XBCAEWOF/dp/B06XKWT7GD https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-1600X-Processor-YD160XBCAEW... More than likely we won't see any kind of price war. Instead we'll see minor price fighting on a per category basis. Intel's mid vs AMD's mid, etc. There's no drive down to the bottom with a duopoly.