Intel has begun winding down gross sales of nearly all of its Whiskey Lake-based eighth era NUCs (NUC8 Series). This month the corporate issued a product change notification for the UCFF programs, establishing a plan for transitioning the programs to finish of life (EOL) standing. Like different EOL transitions, Intel is giving themselves and prospects a little bit of time to arrange, with the ultimate shipments of the programs set to happen in July.
The checklist of SKUs to be discontinued consists of such fashions because the NUC8I5INHJA, NUC8I5INHPA, NUC8I5INHP, NUC8I5INHX, NUC8I7INHJA, NUC8I7INHPA, NUC8I7INHP, NUC8I7INHZ, and NUC8I7INHX. Intel’s prospects are beneficial to make their ultimate orders by April 30, 2020, with shipments set to finish by July 2nd.
Interestingly, whereas Intel is discontinuing most of their Whiskey Lake-based NUCs, they don’t seem to be discontinuing all of them, at the very least not in a single go. This month’s announcement solely covers NUC8s utilizing Core i5 and Core i7 chips; the Core i3 fashions aren’t a part of the EOL plan.
Intel’s Whiskey Lake processors had been launched in August 18, 2018. These CPUs are nonetheless broadly utilized by PC producers, so it is a bit stunning to see Intel discontinue NUCs primarily based on them so quickly. But with the corporate utilizing the identical 14++ course of for quite a few different and newer elements, together with Comet Lake and Coffee Lake, there may be some particular redundancy in Intel’s chip stack. As properly, the corporate continues to be working to fulfill the general demand for chips made on that course of.
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Source: Intel
