Intel will reportedly focus more on the previous-gen processors to fulfill the current demand in the PC market.
Intel is Reportedly Restarting Supply of Last Four Generation of Processors as Motherboard Vendors Ramp Up DDR4 Platform Production
Roughly a month ago, we reported that some vendors are now restarting the production of DDR4 platforms, i.e., DDR4-compatible motherboards. This is to ensure the market gets DDR4 motherboards in sufficient quantity, as expensive DDR5 memory has made it unfeasible to build DDR5 systems on a budget. More reports are surfacing confirming the same report, and Intel appears to have prepared accordingly.
As reported by Channel Gate, Intel is going to "restart" the supply of several older generations of processors to fulfill the market demand. This includes not just the 13th and 14th gen Raptor Lake/Refresh chips, but also the 10th gen Comet Lake and 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs. However, this is specific to one region, and that's mainland China.
Intel has indeed been preparing for increased production of 13th and 14th-gen processors to fulfill the global demand, but the 10th and 12th-gen processors are apparently new to the stack. That said, both of these families utilize DDR4-compatible motherboards and make it easier for Intel and motherboard vendors to collaborate to increase the supply.
At the moment, it has become almost impossible to build DDR5 systems on a budget as DDR5 memory kits are selling at 4-5X their original prices. The price increments never seem to stop and are expected to continue throughout this year as well as the next. That said, apart from bringing older processors to the mainstream market, Intel is also ready to deploy its Raptor Lake NEXT processors in the market very soon.
As per several credible reports, Intel will ensure that Raptor Lake NEXT and Nova Lake co-exist in the market. Raptor Lake NEXT will reportedly ditch the Core 5 series in the HX family and will bring Core 7 and Core 9 SKUs with the same core count as found in the 14th gen. As for the desktop, we can expect Core 7, Core 5, and Core 3 series SKUs with up to 20 cores.
News Source: IT Home
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