Intel pulls plug on mini-PC NUCs
The sun is setting on Intel's Next Unit of Computing, the chipmaker's tiny PCs better known as NUCs by devotees. "We have decided to stop direct investment in the Next Unit of Compute Business and pivot our strategy to enable our ecosystem partners to continue NUC innovation and growth," Intel's spokepeople told"This decision will not impact the remainder of Intel's Client Computing Group or Network and Edge Computing businesses.
"Products that have not been officially launched will not be introduced by Intel. While we finalize plans for a smooth transition, customers can continue to order NUC products via our distribution network until September 1st, 2023, with anticipated last time ship of September 30, 2023. We will publish a formal Product Change Notification for any impacted products including timelines for EOL process."The decision comes roughly three months after Intelit would sell the division responsible for designing and planning out server-grade systems to Taiwanese factory giant MiTAC. It appears that this was only the beginning, and Intel now intends to divorce itself from other system designs to focus on developing and fabricating chips. Arriving in 2013 Intel's NUC micro-boxen crammed low-wattage laptop-level silicon into a tiny 4x4 inch chassis, with a couple of unpopulated SODIMM slots and room for an SSD or 2.5-inch SATA hard disk. However in the decade since, Intel's NUCs have evolved to include larger, more powerful components optimized for gaming, edge, and IoT applications, often with unique motherboards and form factors.Intel's top specced Raptor Canyon NUC, in November, featured a full-fat 13th-Gen Core processor that was packed onto a motherboard that more closely resembled a PCIe card, including a connector on the bottom for breaking out to external I/O, accelerators, or GPUs.
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