Intel discontinues the Kaby Lake-X Core i5-7640X and Core i7-7740X
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The positioning of Intel's Kaby Lake-X chips has been a bit cloudy since their introduction back at Computex last year. The four-core, four-thread Core i5-7640X and four-core, eight-thread Core i7-7740X offered minor clock speed bumps compared to their then-contemporary Kaby Lake mainstream desktop brethren, but required buyers to give up IGPs and pony up for pricier X299 boards those chips couldn't fully light up. That formula evidently didn't find enough takers, especially after the October 2017 introduction of the blue silicon giant's Coffee Lake processors. A new item in Intel's document management system specifies the discontinuation of the Intel Core i5-7640X and Core i7-7740X in their tray and retail boxed forms.
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