Dozens of processors are on the brink
Spring cleaning at Intel. The chipmaker has decided to retire dozens of its processors. Orders for just two years of hardware are still being accepted – but the plug will be pulled in a few months.
Intel says goodbye to Rocket Lake processors
Just two years ago Intel’s Rocket Lake processors for desktop devices at the start. Even then, the chips of the eleventh Core i generation did not cause any great storms of enthusiasm. Because even though Intel made it, despite the heavily outdated 14nm technology still a respectable leap in terms of performance compared to the last generation, the processors showed their age. The top model, the i9-11900K, offered its buyers just 8 cores – however, the power consumption under full load was beyond good and bad.
Intel is now drawing a line and is promptly retiring more than 60 processor models – that’s going to work out an official Product Change Notification out. Until August 25, 2023 Potential customers can still place orders for the Rocket Lake S chips, which in turn are scheduled for delivery by February 23, 2024.
All Core i models of the Rocket Lake S generation (including K, F, KF and T models) are affected, as well as a large selection of workstation processors from the Xeon series.
This is how Intel explains the end of processors
The document linked above also contains an explanation from Intel for the discontinuation of the production of the processors:
“Market demand for the products identified in the Affected Products/Intel Order Codes table below has shifted to other Intel products.”
In other words, demand for 11th Gen Core i chips has continued to decline over time. Instead, customers probably preferred AMD products or chips from the next generations of Intel.
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Good to know: The production of laptop processors of the eleventh Core i generation is not affected by this change. The corresponding mobile CPUs are already based on 10 nm technology and can still be found quite frequently in inexpensive laptops today.
