14 DAY TRIAL // Intel is reported to add more chips to its phasing out list, this time is the 65nm Core 2 Quad Q6600's turn. The giant chip manufacturer is said to have announced its partners about the future axing, and several PC and channel vendors were prompted to start planning to cut Q6600-product prices so as to clear their inventory before this year's end.
According to sources within PC vendors, the Santa Clara company will issue a product discontinuance notice for its Q6600 processor during the first quarter of the next year. In addition, the chip manufacturer is also reported to call end-of-life cycle sometime in the second quarter of 2009.
As the news says, one of the PC vendors, namely Acer, already announced reducing prices for its Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600-based desktops, which can now be purchased for less than $418, for the IT Month consumer show on the Taiwanese market. Other vendors are expected to make the same move in the near future.
As we've already reported, Intel is set to axe a number of its 65nm chips at the beginning of the next year, while also preparing to end the life of some of its 45nm chips. This comes as a result of the great impression the company's newly launched Core i7 processor has made both to consumers and industry partners.
On related news, as previously mentioned, the company will add three low-power chips to its lineup next year. The new additions will be 65W quad core Yorkfield CPUs, Core 2 Quad 45nm based, and include the Q9550 running at 2.83GHz, Q9400 at 2.66GHz, and Q9200 running at 2.33Hz. All chips will feature FSB 1333 while sporting 12MB, 6MB and 4MB of cache respectively. The lower TDP chips are expected to hit the market in January 2009.