Old Intel Core i3-550 and Core i3-560 Discontinued

As Intel's Ivy Bridge CPU series approaches, older central processing units are being phased out.

It has now been found that, according to some of the company's Product Change Notifications (PCN), the Core i3-550 and Core i3-560 won't be officially up for sale for much longer.

Built on the 32nm manufacturing process, both of them will be accepting orders until June 29 at the earliest, while the tray SKUs will keep shipping until December 7, 2011.

Meanwhile, the boxed SKUs versions will ship for as long as supplies last.

As a reminder, the former works at a frequency of 3.2 GHz, while the latter has a clock speed of 3.33 GHz.

Given that the Santa Clara, California-based company is almost ready to ship 22nm Ivy Bridge units, even 10-core monsters like this one, it is natural for older units to make way for them.