You may have noticed that there have been rumours that Intel was planning to discontinue its Next Unit of Compute (NUC) lineup. Well, it appears that the chipmaker’s decision is true and has been confirmed.
News of Intel’s decision was first confirmed by ServeTheHome. An email the chipmaker sent out says that no further investments will be made into the NUC business unit. That discontinuation extends to the Mini-PCs, laptop reference systems, and everything else under the lineup.
“We have decided to stop direct investment in the NUC Business and pivot our strategy to enable our ecosystem partners to continue NUC innovation and growth. This decision will not impact the remainder of Intel’s Client Computing Group (CCG) or Network and Edge Computing (NEX) businesses. Furthermore, we are working with our partners and customers to ensure a smooth transition and fulfilment of all our current commitments – including ongoing support for products currently in the market.”
The Intel NUC lineup is more commonly known to general consumers for its barebones system; they’re typically shipped out with only the essential components. By that, we mean the CPU. More often than not, they are lacking other features like memory modules, storage, an OS, and a discrete graphics unit.
That isn’t to say an Intel NUC with all the trimmings doesn’t exist. Nearing the end of last year, the chipmaker released its NUC 13 Extreme and we had the opportunity to review the system. The whole thing comprised the chipmaker’s 13th Gen Core i9-13900K, 64GB DDR5 RAM, a 2TB NVMe Gen4 SSD, and a full-fat GeForce RTX 3080 Ti from ASUS’ TUF Gaming line.
That being said, it is sad to see the NUC lineup go. Truly, it is an end of an era.
(Source: HardwareLuxx, ServeTheHome, Videocardz)
