14 DAY TRIAL // The Sandy Bridge launch most certainly took its toll on Intel's older LGA 775 and LGA 1156 processors, as the company has just announced that it plans to discontinue a large number of CPUs based on the two sockets, including the entire LGA 775 quad-core processor line.
According to ComputerBase.de, Intel's decision affects the Pentium E5400, E6500, the Core 2 Duo E7400, E8400, and the quad-core Core 2 Quad Q8300, Q8400, Q8400S, Q9505, Q9550, Q9550S, and Q9650 processors as well as the Core i5-750.
In the case of the LGA 775 CPUs, these will still be available for orders until August 26, 2011 (in a tray form).
Shipments will continue as long as stocks last, but not longer than February 10, 2012.
As for the LGA 1156 Core i5-750, Intel plans to stop orders for the boxed version of the CPU on August 26, 2011 and will continue to ship these CPUs until supplies are depleted.
Following August 26, the processor will only be available as an embedded option, together with the E8400, E7400, and the E6500.
The Core i5-750 is based on the Lynnfield architecture, and was one of Intel's first processors to integrate the DMI interface as well as the PCI Express links on the CPU's die.
In addition to these processors, Intel also plans to retire some of its 90mm Itanium server chips.
The LGA 775 socket (also known as Socket T) is one of Intel's longest lived sockets as it was introduced in 2004 together with the company's Prescott-based Pentium 4 processors.
Throughout its life, the socket has housed a wide series of processor architectures, ranging from the initial Pentium 4 Prescott to the high-end Core 2 Quad processors based on the Penryn and Wolfdale cores.
This socket was also used by the Conroe-based processors, the architecture that managed to bring Intel's performance crown back from AMD in 2006.