Intel Desktop CPU Update
Intel Desktop CPU Update
CPU manufacturer, Intel, has disclosed its plans for the near future regarding new releases, Product Discontinuance Notices (PDNs), End of Life (EOL) and everyone’s personal favourite, price cuts.
Note: All prices are quoted in US Dollar values per 1000 unit tray.
New Releases
The current architecture, Core 2, will see five new models in the fourth quarter of 2008. The table below details this release.
The new architecture, Core i7, is scheduled for a November release. However, an exact date is not known. If I were to make an educated guess, I would say November 30. Anyway, at launch, there will be three processors:
- Core i7 965 XE (3.2GHz)
- Core i7 940 (2.93GHz)
- Core i7 920 (2.66GHz)
More variants will be released in the second quarter of 2009.
Product Discontinuance Notice (PDN) & End of Life (EOL)
Intel will be issuing PDNs in the first quarter of 2009 to several of its processors. Heading this list are the Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and the QX9650. There will be PDNs issued also for four Core 2 Quad CPUs including the famed Q9450.
Ten dual-cores will be given notices as well. This includes six Core 2 Duo processors, one of which will be the E8300; three Pentium processors, inclusive of the E2220; and finally the cheapest Intel dual core CPU, the Celeron E1200.
Any CPUs that receive a PDN will be phased out and will reach EOL by the second quarter of 2009.
Price Cuts
There is not much that needs to be said about this. The table below documents the changes in price and the scheduled dates.
Leon Hyman
ABT Editor
