11th Gen “Tiger Lake” processors are set to be discontinued by Intel

Intel’s 13^th Gen “Raptor Lake” desktop CPU hit the market late last year. These were designed with advanced performance architecture with up to eight performance cores and up to 16 efficient cores, beautifully managed by Intel Thread Director.

With these advancements, Intel has recently issued a PCN – product change notification as of 3^rd April 2023. They are set to retire the 11^th Gen “Tiger Lake” mobile and desktop processors, which include several SKUs from the i3, i5, i7, i9, and Xeon W lineups.

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These processors were based on the “Willow Cove Core” microarchitecture, manufactured on 10 nm. The quad-core 96 EU die is 19.2% wider than the 64EU 10^th Gen “Ice Lake” die.

These quad-core processors were dubbed to be designed for “ultraportable gaming.” With up to 24 MB L3 cache, the processor was built for performance.

Having come out as soon as 2020-21, they haven’t been in the market long. However, with the launch of the 12^th Gen “Alder Lake” and 13^th Gen “Raptor Lake” 7nm process, the older 10nm architecture of the “Tiger Lake” has become now obsolete.

In the PCN, a few key dates to be noted were:

1. Product Discontinuance Program Support Begins April 03, 2023
2.  Last Corporate Assurance Product Critical Date June 16, 2023
3. Last Product Discontinuance Order Date June 30, 2023
4. Orders are Non-Cancellable and Non-Returnable After June 30, 2023
5. Last Product Discontinuance Shipment Date January 26, 2024

It must be noted that Intel isn’t sentencing the entire Tiger Lake H lineup to death. The Xeon W11955M SKU isn’t on the list and is safe with its eight cores.

The mentioned models that are set to be discontinued are:

1. Intel® Core™ i5-11260H Processor
2. Intel® Core™ i5-11400H Processor
3. Intel® Core™ i7-11800H Processor
4. Intel® Core™ i9-11900H Processor
5. Intel® Core™ i7-11600H Processor
6. Intel® Core™ i9-11900KB Processor
7. Intel® Core™ i7-11700B Processor
8. Intel® Core™ i5-11500B Processor
9. Intel® Core™ i3-11100B Processor

The 11^th Gen Tiger Lake B series processors featuring a 65W TDP have also reportedly reached EOL. Via the BGA route, Intel had managed to bring out a couple of 45W TDP Tiger Lake Chips. These were used mainly in small form factor systems.

Customers need not worry, however. The newer Alder Lake and Raptor Lake CPUs offer better performance and lower energy taxation, thanks to the 7nm processes. This is the beginning of the end for the 10nm technology that will eventually cease to exist.

About Intel

Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in Silicon Valley. It is the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer on the basis of revenue, and is the developer of the x86 series of microprocessors – the processors found in most personal computers (PCs).

Incorporated in Delaware, Intel ranked No. 46 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.