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Intel Retires Kaby Lake-X-processors After launching them just 10 months ago
Intel will be retiring their Kaby Lake-X-processors, the i5-7640X and i7-7740X where the outsiders on the X299 platform. That means that ten months after introducing them, both quad-core processors have reached its end of life.
The EOL status notification for Kaby Lake-X is mentioned in Intel's product change notification, report our Dutch colleagues from tweakers. The end of life status of both boxed and tray versions of Kaby Lake-X is reached on May 7th. Suppliers can order copies up to 30 November this year. After that, orders can no longer be created, canceled and returned.
Intel announced the Kaby Lake-X processors last Summer alongside Skylake X models for the X299 platform. The i7-7740X and i5-7640X were a little weird, as in fact they are lga2066 variants of lga1151 processors such as the i7-7700K.
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#5542683 Posted on: 05/01/2018 03:19 PM
Didn't see this coming.
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Didn't see this coming.
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#5542688 Posted on: 05/01/2018 03:29 PM
I still cannot believe Kaby Lake-X was actually a thing (seemed like a bad joke when it was announced, and still feels like a joke today). Intel's explanation was also so bizarre (that these chips are a gateway to the HEDT platform) that I doubt even hardcore Intel fans believed them. I guess the joke's run its course?
I still cannot believe Kaby Lake-X was actually a thing (seemed like a bad joke when it was announced, and still feels like a joke today). Intel's explanation was also so bizarre (that these chips are a gateway to the HEDT platform) that I doubt even hardcore Intel fans believed them. I guess the joke's run its course?
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#5542690 Posted on: 05/01/2018 03:34 PM
What a shocking news
What a shocking news
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#5542694 Posted on: 05/01/2018 03:44 PM
Intel´s worst idea ever???
Intel´s worst idea ever???
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#5542703 Posted on: 05/01/2018 04:04 PM
Agree, this crapola won't be missed.
I want to see new Icelake processors, or will that be another flop?.
Agree, this crapola won't be missed.
I want to see new Icelake processors, or will that be another flop?.
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#5542705 Posted on: 05/01/2018 04:06 PM
Overclocked, it's still the fastest quadcore cpu ever made
For me, quadcore is so 2007. I'm using 7980xe for my workstation
Intel´s worst idea ever???
Overclocked, it's still the fastest quadcore cpu ever made
For me, quadcore is so 2007. I'm using 7980xe for my workstation
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#5542706 Posted on: 05/01/2018 04:07 PM
These definitely top as one of Intel's worst ideas, but I wouldn't say it's the worst. Despite how stupid these products are, they actually performed very well and were good overclockers. I think they'd be seen as less ridiculous if both they and the motherboards cost less (though even if they cost $10, they'd still be a stupid product).
The thing about Intel is they're really good at making people forget about their worst ideas. I'm not sure if Intel has ever made anything that was exceptionally bad (aside from their IGPs), but rather they have a lot of products that were forgettable because they were trying too create a market that either didn't need to exist or where there were better alternatives. Take Viiv for some example - most people never heard of it, even though it was a consumer-level "product" . I would consider that a worse idea than Kaby Lake X, because it was pretty much DOA with no redeeming qualities at all.
In my opinion, Intel's worst idea was how long they kept non-64-bit CPUs in production. I'm pretty sure the last one they made (that wasn't for IoT devices) was an Atom series in 2011. 32-bit x86 CPUs should've ceased to exist by 2006 at the very latest, and even that feels a bit late to me.
Intel´s worst idea ever???
These definitely top as one of Intel's worst ideas, but I wouldn't say it's the worst. Despite how stupid these products are, they actually performed very well and were good overclockers. I think they'd be seen as less ridiculous if both they and the motherboards cost less (though even if they cost $10, they'd still be a stupid product).
The thing about Intel is they're really good at making people forget about their worst ideas. I'm not sure if Intel has ever made anything that was exceptionally bad (aside from their IGPs), but rather they have a lot of products that were forgettable because they were trying too create a market that either didn't need to exist or where there were better alternatives. Take Viiv for some example - most people never heard of it, even though it was a consumer-level "product" . I would consider that a worse idea than Kaby Lake X, because it was pretty much DOA with no redeeming qualities at all.
In my opinion, Intel's worst idea was how long they kept non-64-bit CPUs in production. I'm pretty sure the last one they made (that wasn't for IoT devices) was an Atom series in 2011. 32-bit x86 CPUs should've ceased to exist by 2006 at the very latest, and even that feels a bit late to me.
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#5542708 Posted on: 05/01/2018 04:11 PM
Optane is another thing that comes to my mind, they try so hard pushing it and its still a flop, no?
Optane is another thing that comes to my mind, they try so hard pushing it and its still a flop, no?
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#5542709 Posted on: 05/01/2018 04:12 PM
I think that would be the Pentium D ....but yea.
Intel´s worst idea ever???
I think that would be the Pentium D ....but yea.
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#5542711 Posted on: 05/01/2018 04:13 PM
Intel's last attempt at selling us overpriced quad cores. Remember this moment because this is exactly when the quad core CPU took its very last breath and finally died.
Intel's last attempt at selling us overpriced quad cores. Remember this moment because this is exactly when the quad core CPU took its very last breath and finally died.
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#5542712 Posted on: 05/01/2018 04:13 PM
Next: Optane
Nah just kidding, it's great technology but they have to drop the price.
Next: Optane
Nah just kidding, it's great technology but they have to drop the price.
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#5542713 Posted on: 05/01/2018 04:15 PM
Optane in of itself was a good idea and well made. It is a fantastic product (well, maybe not the 16GB models...), it's just tremendously overpriced and way too picky about what systems it can be used in. If Optane fails, it's because Intel got too greedy and proprietary about it. It can be redeemed, if Intel cuts back the pricing and opens it up to more chipsets.
Optane is another thing that comes to my mind, they try so hard pushing it and its still a flop, no?
Optane in of itself was a good idea and well made. It is a fantastic product (well, maybe not the 16GB models...), it's just tremendously overpriced and way too picky about what systems it can be used in. If Optane fails, it's because Intel got too greedy and proprietary about it. It can be redeemed, if Intel cuts back the pricing and opens it up to more chipsets.
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#5542716 Posted on: 05/01/2018 04:18 PM
Optane is pretty sad. Intel keeps putting it out there and it keeps getting rejected. It's like a guy desperately trying to woo a girl that he can never get. The sooner Intel gives up on it, the better off they will be.
Optane is another thing that comes to my mind, they try so hard pushing it and its still a flop, no?
Optane is pretty sad. Intel keeps putting it out there and it keeps getting rejected. It's like a guy desperately trying to woo a girl that he can never get. The sooner Intel gives up on it, the better off they will be.
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#5542720 Posted on: 05/01/2018 04:27 PM
If you really want the girl....get a puppy! ....
works every for me!....
We have a lot of puppys now...
It's like a guy desperately trying to woo a girl that he can never get.
If you really want the girl....get a puppy! ....
works every for me!....
We have a lot of puppys now...
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Huh. It's almost as though Intel had no way to have foreseen how stupid these products were to begin with.