The QX6700 part is actually a Core 2 Extreme Part, so I think there is an error in either the column header or the part number that is being eliminated.

[The image is udpated. -Rick]

they are phasing out the laptop chips (cintrinos are back), and the qx6700, but not the q6700. they relished the qx6850 a little while ago so it wouldent make since for 2 qx chips

Sorry if I missed anything but did Intel already phase out the Pentium M?

I believe those new quads are a lot better and the whole Core 1, Core 1 Duals, and Pentium Ms need to be upgraded.
I also think many can use a 45nm die-shrink Core 1 dual for some specialized purpose application using 1 watt or whatever.

Correction: '"Note that the bulk of these processors" are sold under the Core brand (with the P6-M microarchitecture derived from Pentium M branded CPUs), and "not the popular Core 2" brand, "which is dominant today", and covers CPUs with the Core microarchitecture. In other words, the popular today Core 2 branded CPUs have the Core microarchitecture, and the older CPUs, branded as the Core and subjected to the discontinuation, have the older P6-M derivative microarchitecture - not the P6 anymore, and not the Core yet.'

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The QX6700 is the only one of the Core2 Quad family not to have the G0 (lower-power) mask update. The list is most probably correct. It is highly likely that the QX6800 will be dropped in price to fill the gap when the Penryn-based desktop processors emerge.

The product life cycles are getting ever-shorter and this hasn't helped by flooding the market with an array of products that merely serve to confuse the end user. AMD has a much clearer product range.