Intel To Discontinue Production of 10th Generation Ice Lake Laptop CPUs

Intel has announced that it is discontinuing the production of its 10th generation Ice Lake-U series CPU lineup. The news is a little surprising, especially given the fact that some of the CPUs have only been around for a little more than two years.

To be precise, the discontinuation of its 10th generation CPUs isn’t just limited to its Core series lineup, but also its Lakefield, Pentium, and Celeron lineup. The list of the affected CPUs is as below:

• Intel Core i3-10110U
• Intel Core i3-10210U
• Intel Core i5-10210U
• Intel Core i5-10310U
• Intel Core i7-10510U
• Intel Core i7-10610U
• Intel Core i7-10710U
• Intel Core i7-10810U
• Intel Core i3-1005G1
• Intel Core i5-1035G1
• Intel Core i5-1035G4
• Intel Core i5-1035G7
• Intel Core i7-1065G7
• Intel Core i3-L13G4
• Intel Core i5-L16G7
• Intel Celeron 5205U
• Intel Celeron 5805
• Intel Celeron 6805

As to why Intel is discontinuing its Ice Lake-U series, it is probably due to the fact that its current 11th generation Tiger Lake-U CPU series is obviously faster and more powerful. Due to their generally higher base and boost clocks.

On that note, manufacturers will still continue to accept orders for the listed CPUs until 22 October. After that, the last batch of these processors will then be sent off by 29 April 2022. Exceptions to the rule are the Core i7-10810U, Core i7-10610U, Core i5-10310U, and Celeron 5205U. Orders for these CPUs will still be fulfilled until 28 January 2022, and the final batch to be shipped out by 29 July the same year.

Intel To Discontinue 300-Series Chipset; Production To End By July

Intel has announced that it is discontinuing the production of its 300-series chipset and along with it, the corresponding motherboards. The lineup includes the H310, H370, Z370, and Z390.

According to sources, production of the chipset will end by July this year, but the sales of its motherboards, as well as its mobile chipsets, will only come to a halt by January 2022. Intel’s decision isn’t all too surprising and par for the course. Last year, the chipmaker officially discontinued the production of its 8th generation Coffee Lake CPUs back in June 2020.

That isn’t to say that the company hasn’t abruptly pulled the plug on its product line before, the most recent being its 9th generation Coffee Lake refresh line, which gave the world the still powerful Core i9-9900K and its follow-up, the 9900KS.

The discontinuation is also a way for Intel to move forward with its next-generation chipsets. As it stands, the Blue team is playing a desperate game of catch up to its rival, AMD, and with its upcoming 500-Series chipset, it will finally be able to offer its customers access to PCIe 4.0, a features that its rival introduced to the world with the launch of its Ryzen 3000 series desktop CPUs and own AM4 500-series chipset.

Moreover, the new 500-Series chipset will introduce a new LGA1700 socket, which will officially replace the current LGA1200 socket currently in use by its Comet Lake-S CPUs.