At nearly $18,000, Intel’s Xeon 6980P ‘Granite Rapids’ could be the industry’s most expensive CPU in modern history. At nearly $18,000, Intel’s Xeon 6980P ‘Granite Rapids’ could be the industry’s most expensive CPU in modern history. Post navigation Samsung’s foundry customers reportedly flock to TSMC — three firms move to Taiwanese chipmaker in latest exodus AMD Asus X870(E), X670E, and B650(E) mobo buyers enjoy rebates in Germany — no such offers yet spotted in the U.S.