Intel Stock Rises 5% on Reported 10% CPU Price Increase

Intel Corp. INTC rose 4.98% premarket after DigiTimes reported that the company plans to lift central processing unit prices by 10% in early October, citing unnamed sources. Intel has confirmed nothing publicly. The increase would extend a pattern that started at the end of 2025, and the report attributes it to supply-chain costs and strong demand. The PC market is expected to shrink next year, and Citrini analyst Jukan Choe argued on X that raising prices into that suggests Intel is prioritizing gross margin expansion over market share. Memory chip prices have climbed sharply this year on demand from AI companies, and that increase is working its way through the wider technology sector.