The popular Alder Lake series has already entered the discontinuation phase, and the final units will ship by early 2027.
Intel Product Change Notifications Confirm Alder Lake and Sapphire Rapids Scalable Processors Have Entered Discontinuation Phase
Intel has slowly started phasing out its older LGA 1700-compatible CPU families, and the first to enter the EOL (End of Life) phase is the 12th-gen Alder Lake lineup. According to the company’s latest Product Change Notifications, the popular Alder Lake Core 12xxx series processors will be discontinued during the 2026–2027 time period, ranging from Celeron models all the way up to high-end Core i9 SKUs.
Moreover, the 4th-gen Xeon Scalable processors, also known as Sapphire Rapids, have also entered their EOL phase. The announcement does not indicate that the processors will suddenly exit the market; instead, they will be phased out gradually, with final shipments scheduled for January 22, 2027. The notices were published this month, although the discontinuation notice for Alder Lake CPUs was issued earlier. That said, retailers are allowed to place orders for these CPUs until July 24, 2026, with remaining inventory scheduled to ship until January 22, 2027.
According to the second notice, Sapphire Rapids has a last order date of September 26, 2025, while shipments will continue until March 31, 2028. In both cases, tray and boxed processors are included. This leaves 13th-gen and 14th-gen Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs as the only LGA 1700 lineups for the client segment that will continue shipping. With the commencement of the Alder Lake discontinuation phase, users looking to build DDR4- or DDR5-based systems will have to rely on either 13th- or 14th-generation processors.
LGA 1700 has arguably been Intel’s longest-serving desktop platform, supporting three CPU generations compatible with both DDR4 and DDR5 memory. Given the current DDR5 shortages, many users are turning back to DDR4 platforms, as they help reduce overall build costs while still allowing support for 12th, 13th, and 14th-gen processors. Hopefully, the market stabilizes before Alder Lake CPUs are fully phased out.
News Source: IT Home
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