Saturday, May 30th 2009
Intel to Cannibalize Core i7 920 / 940
Prepare to bid farewell to the $400 Core i7 upgrade dream. Chip major Intel is reportedly planning to discontinue some of the relatively affordable Core i7 processors, including the most commercially successful model, the 920. Cannibalizing the Core i7 920 and 940, will create market headroom for the company's upcoming Core i5 "Lynnfield" processors. Internal analysis reportedly show that the high-end Lynnfield processors perform too close to the lower models of Core i7, and that could potentially affect sales of those high-end Core i5 chips. Perhaps Intel is trying to oil the segment to make the most profits. Sources at motherboard manufacturers tell that the companies are already working on adjusting their X58 product lines to cater to the future lines of Core i7 processors, which, may start with the $649 Core i7 950 and beyond. What's more, 950 is expected to get the axe later down the line. It may have certainly been a good couple of quarters for you, saving for triple channel memory, true dual PCI-E x16 motherboards, and the elusive Core i7 920. You may want to execute your plans now, or change them.
Source:
bit-tech.net
175 Comments on Intel to Cannibalize Core i7 920 / 940
so people don't get the 920 then just drop it and charge double for the "i5" for 920 performance?
of all the people on here who have overclocked there i7 920s
now obviously they won't be buying the 965 or 975 for the speed
and at the current prices of 965/975 that's a huge loss to intel so i
personally can't see either lasting long
And to think that making text any larger than this in posts (other than when making headings) isn't all that straight.
i just used the quote button
(which by the way gave me small text ,plus the fact i don't remember anything about text size)
(and ,yes it hurts my eyes aswell )
oh well i'm getting 1 regardless pretty soon from my local store which still has the i7 940,
although i might do a poll on what memory i should get what do you lot think:)
i just put the text size down to 4 on my old reply ;)
put the size down to 5 now ;)
oh and DR. em, I see double post!!! It's fine in the Gen. nonsense forum, but the mods won't appreciated here ;)
I think it's something to do with Bios... maybe some boards just don't support Xeon chips completely? I heard Asus BIOS had problems with this...
i personaly thought d p was when you posted same message twice please explain
sometimes i post then see someone else has said something so i add another bit
also it seems the site is a bit empty /or i have to reply quicker
or posts dont seem to match, thanks for that i'll bear that in mind in future :D :)