Intel informed its channel partners in Taiwan that it plans to stop manufacturing four desktop-use Pentium D processors (model numbers 830, 840, 930 and 940) by the end of 2006, according to channel sources. The latest date to accept orders for these four Pentium D CPUs is set on December 15, 2006, with the latest delivery to be done on March 9, 2007, the sources said, noting that Intel also promised help distributors in clearing inventories.

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