Intel's newly released Nehalem EP-core Xeon processors have inflicted their first casualties: five older Xeons are scheduled to be phased out.

According to Intel's Product Change Notification #109186-00 [1] (PDF), you'll be able to buy these death-row Xeons in a retail box until January 9, 2010.

The Xeons set for the chopping block all have 1333MHz frontside buses. The two parts with X in their product number are 45nm, 95-watt Yorkfield [2] parts, the three without are 65nm, 65-watt Conroes [3].

The doomed processors are:

• Quad-core 2.66GHz Xeon X3350 [4] with 12MB L2 cache
• Quad-core 2.5GHz Xeon X3320 [5] with 6MB L2 cache
• Dual-core 3GHz Xeon 3085 [6] with 4MB L2 cache
• Dual-core 2.66GHz Xeon 3075 [7] with 4MB L2 cache
• Dual-core 2.33GHz Xeon 3065 [8] with 4MB L2 cache

In microprocessor evolution as in nature, there are winners [9] and there are losers. According to Intel, these parts are being phased out because "market demand ... has shifted to other Intel processors."

AMD was not mentioned. ®

Links

1. http://content.intel.pcnalert.com/dm/d.aspx/FBF6E5EF-EB4B-40C3-B280-14E00292685F/PCN109186-00.pdf
2. http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?codeName=26553
3. http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?codeName=2680
4. http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupId=33932
5. http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupId=33931
6. http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupId=30777
7. http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupId=30776
8. http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupId=30775
9. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/30/intel_nehalem_ep_launch/

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