Intel discontinues premium packaging for Core i9-10980XE and i9-12900K
Intel is phasing out premium packaging for Intel’s flagship processors in early September, replacing them with simpler packaging. This is common practice when replacing a generation and understandable at Alder Lake. However, the question is whether this means that the Core i9-10980XE will also find a successor. Read more about this below.
Until now, Intel has liked to sell its flagships in extravagant packaging so that all buyers can see what they spent so much money on and have a nice box for the collector’s shelf. However, Intel has now announced that this will no longer apply to the current flagships in the form of the Core i9-10980XE and the Core i9-12900K from September 4th. Both chips are scheduled to ship in September in a normal-sized box like the smaller models, making them easier and cheaper for Intel.
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While the Core i9-10980XE is now an old processor, Intel hasn’t unveiled a direct successor in the HEDT space to take its place, so the chip is theoretically still relevant despite the lack of PCI-E 4.0 support. The Core i9-12900K is currently still being delivered in a large box containing a plastic wafer. This includes the CPU. This should also be a thing of the past from September and only the Core i9-12900KS should keep this packaging.
Extravagant packaging is not a new step for Intel, which has been offering interesting and creative packaging for the mainstream socket flagships since the ninth Core generation. Discontinuing this when a new generation is due also seems common and has happened with the tenth and eleventh generations as well. The replacement of Alder Lake by Raptor Lake is expected, but perhaps an interesting replacement in the form of a workstation version of the Sapphire Rapids Xeon chips is also on the horizon for the Core i9-10980XE.
Source: Videocardz
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