Intel has started a process to completely eliminate the production of several of its processors, and with the arrival of new generations, it is normal that they withdraw some of those that are gradually falling behind, although one of them surprises us a bit. , since today it is still an excellent alternative. And it is that among the abandoned processors of Intel is found i9-12900KSa processor that arrived only two years ago and will be retired along with other tenth-generation chips.
As is customary, when a company plans to launch a new product belonging to a higher generation than those currently available, it is normal for it to abandon the older ones, ceasing their production to give priority to others that offer higher performance. That is why this time they will begin to withdraw their tenth generation processors, as well as a special guest that does not belong to this generation, the i9-12900KS.
Intel is abandoning its older generations to make way for its new processors
Processor production is a rather complex issue, given that a new generation appears practically every year, companies have to make room for new chips by abandoning the production of older ones. But of course, in this sector, categorizing something as old can simply be a processor that is no more than four or five years old, because generally the generational advances are quite significant, and even if we see that between two CPUs there is only a four-year difference, the specifications change completely.
This is one of the main reasons why Intel started to to write off some of his CPU “further ancient” that were still in production and on sale, in this case it was the tenth generation of processors of this brand. As we well know, the tenth generation of Intel was launched on the market just four years ago, since it will celebrate its fifth anniversary in a few months, exactly on August 21, this being the main reason, together with the launch of the next Arrow Lake, to exclude these processors known as Comet Lake.
But as we have well indicated, these will not be the only chips that Intel will abandon, and they will also cease production of what was the flagship of the Alder Lake generation, the Core i9-12900KS that arrived on the market with 16 cores, a maximum frequency of 5.5 GHz and a price of $ 800-900. The main reason for the cessation of production of this processor is due to the loss of importance that it has had in recent years, being constantly surpassed by other processors such as the i7-13700K and the i9-13900K.
The end of the i9-12900KS will come in 2025 according to Intel
Although this processor is discontinued, Intel has indicated that it will continue to offer the supply of this chip throughout 2024, since the supply will be interrupted in January 2025, while the total shutdown will occur in July 2025. In addition, they assure that the impact that the cessation of production of this processor and that of Comet Lake will have will be minimal, since these are processors that are currently easily surpassed by perhaps cheaper models and of a more current generation.
