The five low-end Sandy Bridge was officially pronounced "death"

Intel today issued a notice to formally announce the suspension of delisting of the five low-end Sandy Bridge processors, covering three sub-series of Core i5, Core i3, and Pentium. The next generation of products has begun to phase out contemporary products before they are released, and this speed is extremely rare in Intel's history.

Specifically, the most high-end model is the quad-core, four-thread Core i5-2300, and the low-power, dual-core, four-thread Core i3-2100T. Further down is the Pentium G840/G620/G620T with three Pentium brands.

Orders for these five processors will not be cancelled or returned after June 9, 2012. The final shipment date will be December 7, 2012, and the boxed version will be available.

In fact, on the previous roadmap for the suspension of the old model of the LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA775 platform, the Core i5-2300 was already on the list and became the first Sandy Bridge to be abandoned.

Both Core i5/i3 are members of the starting lineup in early 2011 and have been the mainstay of the mainstream market. The three Pentiums were released at the end of the second quarter of 2011 and are more popular in the entry-level market. Taking into account that the Ivy Bridge family is starting with high-end models, especially the new Pentium will not be introduced until the third quarter of this year, it would be a pity to give up so long ago.