Intel's 11th-Gen Tiger Lake-U CPUs which were designed for low-power laptops and mobile devices have reached EOL.
Intel Waves Goodbye To Its 10nm & 11th Gen Tiger Lake-U CPU Family As The Company Embraces Hybrid & Tiled Designs For Future Chips
Introduced back in 2020, the 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake Family was based on the x86 Willow Cove architecture and marked a refinement of the 10nm process node versus the 10th Gen Ice Lake CPUs. Although most of the specifications remained the same, the Willow Cove architecture did offer some nice gains in the efficiency and performance department.
The 10nm++ process which was also categorized under the "SF" or SuperFIN branding also had much better yields, allowing for more powerful variants such as the Tiger Lake-H and Tiger Lake-B series to appear.
These CPUs had already been discontinued since April so the company is now discontinuing the last remaining 11th Gen Tiger Lake-U series which includes a total of 42 CPUs. Along with the 11th Gen CPs, Intel will also be discontinuing a total of three 500-series chipsets which were designed to accommodate the CPUs. These chips include the:
- HM570
- WM590
- QM580
According to the PCN (Product Change Notification), the company will be shipping the last CPUs on the 29th of December while orders can be placed until October of 2023. Following is the list of the processors that have been discontinued:
The Intel 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs and the respective platforms such as laptops and Mini PCs won't disappear from the market anytime soon though since there's a large volume of units that are still readily available in retail segments and at very attractive price points.
These could be used as a nice office and even a portable gaming machine since they don't cost as much as the newer 12th or 13th Gen designs and still have enough horsepower to get your work done. The only down side is that the battery timings compared to what we have today are going to be a tad bit poor due to continued efficiency and optimizations coming in from both AMD and Intel in the CPU market.
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