Posted on Tuesday, July 06 2010 @ 22:16 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
DigiTimes
reports Intel is phasing out some old processors to make room for new chips like the upcoming Sandy Bridge line:
In the second quarter, Intel already issued EOL for Core i7-920, Core 2 Quad Q8200/Q8200S and Pentium E5200 processors and issued product discontinuance notice (PDN) for Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Pentium E6300 for EOL in the third quarter.
Intel also issued EOL for Atom 330 and 230 in the second quarter and is currently plans to have Atom D410, D510, D525 and D425 processors for the nettop market, while launching next generation Atom processors for nettop in the first quarter of 2011.
Intel will issue PND for the Celeron E3200 in the third quarter with EOL in the fourth quarter; Core 2 Quad Q8300 will see PND in the fourth quarter with EOL in the first quarter of 2011; and Pentium E5400 will see its PND in the first quarter of 2011.
