14 DAY TRIAL // Intel, the Santa Clara giant chip manufacturer, has revealed its plans to retire even more of its older processors from the market. The recently announced chips set for axing are the Intel Core 2 Q6700 quad-core CPU based on the 65nm Kentsfield core at G0 stepping and the 65nm Allendale-based Core 2 Duo E4700 dual-core processor, also at G0 stepping.
The Core 2 Q6700 features a core speed of 2.66 GHz and sports dual 4MB L2 cache, two dies of 143 mm^2 each. Moreover, each of its cores includes 64KB L1 cache. The power consumption of the chip package (dual dies inside) rises up to 130 watts at 1.1 volts. The chip is a LGA775 part operating on a 10x multiplier using a 266 MHz FSB. The number of transistors packed inside the CPU is 528 million. The Intel Core 2 Q6700 was released on July 22, 2007 and is based on the chip manufacturer's first quad-core design.
The Core 2 Duo E4700 CPU has a much shorter life, since it was released to the market on March 2, 2008. The processor sports a core clock frequency of 2.60 GHz and contains a single 2MB L2 cache. In addition, it features a 64KB L1 cache, has a die size of 111 mm^2 and operates at 65 watts on 0.9 volts. Moreover, this is also a LGA775 socket part which uses a 13x multiplier on a 200 MHz FSB. The number of transistors it has rises to 167 million.
The chip maker has been on an axing spree lately, as it announced the retiring of more than ten of its chips during the past month or so. The company revealed its plans to end the life cycle of some of its 45nm parts along with that of 65nm CPUs. Regarding the Q6700 and E4700 chips, Intel said it would take orders for them until March 24, 2009 and that it would be shipping the parts until June 4, 2010 in trays, and until July 3, 2009, boxed.