Intel has begun the method of discontinuing some Raptor Lake processors – last-gen CPUs, now outmoded by Raptor Lake Refresh – particularly the boxed merchandise.
At this level you could be considering: what merchandise don’t are available a field? CPUs are additionally offered in trays, sometimes to PC makers (OEMs) who’re shopping for a big amount of chips to construct their units with, after which there are boxed processors that sit on the cabinets and are offered to shoppers.
It’s the latter which Intel is halting the manufacturing of, as made clear in a PCN or Product Change Notification [PDF], with the Thirteenth-gen boxed CPUs having entered a discontinuation part on March 21, in order that’s just a few weeks again now.
Which means the talked about CPUs – which embrace numerous fashions of the Core i5-13600K, Core i7-13700K, and Core i9-13900K (and KF plus KS variants) – at the moment are being wound down, and the ultimate shipments will occur main as much as June 28. After that date, Intel received’t produce any extra of those processors.
You may take a look at the particular fashions that are affected on this transfer within the screenshot beneath.
Evaluation: Don’t panic but
VideoCardz picked up on this discover from Intel, by the best way, and we must always make it clear that it is a absolutely anticipated flip of occasions. As time strikes on, older generations are dropped from manufacturing – on this case, simply the boxed merchandise, as talked about (though these are those shoppers most frequently purchase – although it’s potential to get an unboxed OEM chip).
Even so, this doesn’t imply you received’t have the ability to buy considered one of these boxed Thirteenth-gen processors as quickly because the manufacturing traces are halted in June. After that, the present inventory of CPUs will stay out there on cabinets for fairly a while – after which behind the scenes, there’s the stock of chips that’ll nonetheless be in warehouses, or distribution channels.
All of which signifies that these boxed Raptor Lake processors might be in the stores for fairly a prolonged time after that June deadline – though you by no means fairly understand how lengthy shares will final post-discontinuance.
In the meantime, Raptor Lake Refresh will carry the Intel flag – this present era holds two key spots in our roundup of the best CPUs, together with pole place for the highest total chip – with Crew Blue additionally seeking to next-gen Arrow Lake desktop processors that can hopefully arrive towards the end of 2024.
