Thursday, December 8th 2011
Intel to Retire its LGA1366 and LGA1156 Processors in 2012
Since Ivy Bridge is still a few months away from release, Intel has decided to keep itself busy by sealing the fate of a bunch of older processors including the Core i7-930, i7-950, i7-960, i7-980 and i7-990X which are part of the LGA1366 platform, and the LGA1156-compatible Pentium G6950, G6960 and Core i3-540, i5-650, i5-660, i5-670, i5-680, i7-860 and i7-870.
These 45nm and 32nm CPUs are set to be available for further orders until June 29, 2012, and will continue to ship either until supplies are depleted (for the boxed versions) or until December 7th, 2012 (for the tray SKUs). As always, it's onwards and upwards.
These 45nm and 32nm CPUs are set to be available for further orders until June 29, 2012, and will continue to ship either until supplies are depleted (for the boxed versions) or until December 7th, 2012 (for the tray SKUs). As always, it's onwards and upwards.
47 Comments on Intel to Retire its LGA1366 and LGA1156 Processors in 2012
Big welcome to Christian_25H!
:toast::toast:
So why did 775 stick around for so long and 1366 get rushed off?
After all... How long did it take for AMD to come up with a CPU that was equal to a C2D or C2Q even - that took them a while and when AMD came out with something new that was similar in performance, Intel was like "TROLOLOLOL INB4U" and released their next generation and the generation after that so that AMD could really see how far behind they were in terms of where they stood.
Its like the old trick of dangling a carrot in front of a horse - in this case, AMD has already realised it will never get the carrot again and has resigned itself to the fact it will spend the rest of its remaining life locked in a field an grazing slowly rather then in the front running for its life and leading the pack.
is still overkill in many situations even gaming!
Going to go back to my AMD until Ivy bridge comes out and SB drops in price, then I'll get a sandy. :p
On the other hand what I do see is Intel is leaping forward much faster than AMD and that is good in a sense and bad in as well . Comp is the key to keeping prices lower and this is not happening at least from what I am seeing .
mybe some day i jump over to 1366 xeon series :) if the prices drop