Intel of the week announced plans It will be ditching the high-end 11th Generation Core ‘Rocket Lake’ processors manufactured using 14nm class process technology. The CPUs will be available to Intel’s partners for some time, but there are only a few days left.Intel also said it would phase it out 400 and 500 series A chipset for processors in the LGA1200 package.
Intel is offering partners by August 25, 2023 11th generation Core i5, Core i7, Core i9 and corresponding Xeon W series processors, as well as select 400 and 500 series chipsets for the LGA1200 platform. Advised to place a last minute order. CPUs and chipsets will ship by February 23, 2024. The company will keep its Rocket Lake based Xeon E-series CPUs for embedded applications longer but the majority of Rocket Lake processors will be discontinued by next year.
Intel’s Rocket Lake processors for desktops have always been somewhat controversial. On the one hand, they are based on the Cypress Cove microarchitecture (which is derived from the Sunny Cove microarchitecture) and feature an integrated GPU powered by Xe, similar to Intel’s 10nm Ice Lake. Tiger Lake CPUs for mobile PCs and compact desktops. Meanwhile, unlike Ice Lake and Tiger Lake processors, Rocket Lake chips are made using sophisticated 14nm class process technology.
Since Rocket Lake chips feature backported general-purpose cores, Intel had to reduce the core count on these CPUs from 10 (for Comet Lake) to 8. The new chips offered better performance than their predecessors in many applications, but those who want higher core counts should opt for AMD’s Ryzen 9 3900 series CPUs with 12 or 16 cores, or Intel’s 10th I preferred generation Comet Lake processors.
Intel’s 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake CPUs are unlikely to be missed. Intel has since released two of his 10nm-based product families for desktops with competing microarchitectures. But for those looking to upgrade their LGA1200 machines, Rocket Lake chips will be available for some time, but not forever.
