In a product notification, Intel let know it will be ending their shipments of Broadwell-E processors, these would include the Intel Core i7 6800K, 6850K, 6900K and the 10-core 6950X
These procs are all Socket LGA 2011-v3 based on the X99-chipset. In it’s PCN (Product Change Notification) Intel states the following processors will be end-of-life for orders by May 2018, it involves the:
- Intel Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme
- Intel Core i7-6900K Processor
- Intel Core i7-6850K Processor
- Intel Core i7-6800K Processor
- Boxed Intel Core i7-6950X Processor
- Boxed Intel Core i7-6900K Processor
- Boxed Intel Core i7-6850K Processor
- Boxed Intel Core i7-6800K Processor
Broadwell-E generation has been replaced by Skylake-X based on socket 2066 and it’s X299 chipset. In addition to six, eight and ten core processors, this generation includes models with twelve, fourteen, sixteen and eighteen cores.
