Intel denies reviving the 22nm. He never stopped producing them

Danna Daniela Aguera 12 December, 2019

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A few days ago, everyone was surprised to hear that Intel would be reviving the dinosaur Pentium G3420. This obsolete dual-core, dual-thread processor has been on the market for over six years. Its performance and high TDP leave it far behind the efficiency of any other option in its class. This suggests that Intel is still struggling to meet demand. The main objective of this CPU is to serve the OEM market.

Since its launch in 2013 this processor has been considered for the low range. Obviously this Intel product has not aged well and today it should not take place in any new computer. With options like AMD's Athlons, it's hard to understand why manufacturers still resort to such an outdated option.

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Production will continue at 22nm

According to the previous Intel statement, it was hinted that this processor would return to the market. In reality, it will not only remain on the market, but it has never stopped being manufactured. Intel again released a statement to clarify the matter. It indicates that there were never any intentions to discontinue it. After explaining the matter, he also comments that you can continue ordering without any setback.

Intel keeps in touch with its customers and gives them advance notice if a product will be discontinued. We can only speculate that this error was due to some internal miscommunication. For now, this product will continue to have support during 2020. Sadly, end customers are those who purchase OEM products. We hope that there are not many computers that have this processor. In the meantime we will closely follow the rivalry between AMD and Intel and see what they will offer us next year.

Fortunately, it is not all bad news. Everything indicates that the tenth generation of Intel will integrate Hyper-Threading throughout the line. This means that we could see an i3 with 4 cores and 8 threads for the first time. This would make the low-end more demanding and could force the final extinction of the Pentium G3240 the following year.