News Intel Skylake iGPUs Reach End of Life Status

[Admin]

Intel has moved the Skylake iGPU to EOL . 10th Gen Core and older processor iGPUs were already on legacy support.

Intel Skylake iGPUs Reach End of Life Status : Read more

 

[punkncat]

I noticed this during an update over the weekend. The previous iGPU driver was labeled as 6-10th gen and the update driver 7-10.

 

[InvalidError]

AFAIK, Intel has already practically abandoned anything older than Xe. Dropping Skylake from legacy IGP driver support is little more than a formality.

 

[bit_user]

AFAIK, Intel has already practically abandoned anything older than Xe. Dropping Skylake from legacy IGP driver support is little more than a formality.

Some Intel CPU models have a 10-year availability window. I don't know that their support window extends for that entire time, but I'd point out that Intel is still accepting orders for several Skylake models.

For instance, the plain old i7-6700 (65 W) isn't listed as discontinued.

Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz) Product Specifications

Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz) quick reference guide including specifications, features, pricing, compatibility, design documentation, ordering codes, spec codes and more.

ark.intel.com

 

[anonymousdude]

Some Intel CPU models have a 10-year availability window. I don't know that their support window extends for that entire time, but I'd point out that Intel is still accepting orders for several Skylake models.

For instance, the plain old i7-6700 (65 W) isn't listed as discontinued.

Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz) Product Specifications

Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz) quick reference guide including specifications, features, pricing, compatibility, design documentation, ordering codes, spec codes and more.

ark.intel.com

I imagine it's for replacement parts for OEMs so they can fulfill their service contracts. And for whatever other mission critical environment they might be using it in.

 

[bit_user]

I imagine it's for replacement parts for OEMs so they can fulfill their service contracts. And for whatever other mission critical environment they might be using it in.

They're all chips on the IoT Group's supported list, I believe. They're meant to be embedded in machinery of the sort which doesn't have a refresh cycle as short as normal PC desktops.

 

[InvalidError]

Some Intel CPU models have a 10-year availability window. I don't know that their support window extends for that entire time, but I'd point out that Intel is still accepting orders for several Skylake models.

You can continue supplying parts for clients on long-term supply agreements but cease driver development beyond security-critical patches.