SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2006--Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX - News) announced today that it plans to introduce a 1 million-SNP product by the first quarter of 2007 and that the U.S. list price of its current two-chip 500K SNP genotyping set will be reduced to $250, effective immediately. Additionally, the 500K set will be offered as a single array by the end of the year, increasing throughput and enabling scientists to devote their resources toward performing larger experiments.