At this point in the short term, what Intel does and says is irrelevant. All they can do is cut prices on their current offerings, but their current offerings

At this point in the short term, what Intel does and says is irrelevant. All they can do is cut prices on their current offerings, but their current offerings at best take second stage. AMD is presenting a series of very interesting products which are a quantitative and qualitative leap ahead of what has been in the market for years, and are offering them at very interesting prices, and Intel can do nothing to change this. Perhaps in the medium or long term Intel can do anything to change this, but right now the only thing that matters is AMD and the company's new product lines.