With no competition for high end desktop CPUs we can expect price increases. It's a bit different in a saturated market, where most of the potential customers

With no competition for high end desktop CPUs we can expect price increases. It's a bit different in a saturated market, where most of the potential customers already own one or more of the products in question. Intel is effectively competing with itself. I have three Intel CPUs in my home and Intel needs to beat them by a significant performance margin, and at an acceptable price, before I will buy another. So they still have plenty of incentive to outdo themselves.