RIP Pentium II, 1997 - 2006

zorn writes "The Register has the scoop that 'this week Intel told its customers that it is to formally discontinue production of the Pentium II at 266, 333, 366 and 466MHz. Documentation seen by The Register reveals that you'll be able to continue ordering the part for a year, with the last trays leaving the chip giant's Pentium II warehouse on 1 June 2006.'"

In related news...

[Anonymous Coward]

In related news, global warming started to
decline, as temperatures in Oregon
returned to normal.

Does that mean

[stoolpigeon]

they are going to be cheaper or more expensive?

All good things end soon

[Anonymous Coward]

"Rest In Pentium"

is it bad...

[feldkamp]

That this made me a little sad?

And my Netserver?

[mazevedo]

That means I can't buy parts for my old HP Netserver??

Re:Cute, but...

[nomadic]

Come on, they're slashdot editors, they have trouble enough with English. Don't torment them with Latin or Greek...

I Fought Moore's Law And The Law Won

[tiktok]

The Pentium 2 chip's light may be waning, but I still have two fileservers that will continue to defy Moore's Law.

I guess now could be the time to publish that book "101 Uses For An Obsolete Pentium 2 Chip". Bathroom tiles? Floor mosaic? Xmas ornaments?

FORMALLY????

[gstoddart]

They're formally not making any more PII's???

Are they still informally making PII's and I just missed it?

Or is this just like saying the 90's are officially over?

I'm confused.

1997 - 2006

[Anonymous Coward]

It's not even 2005 yet!

I'm not dead yet!! Quit writing my obituary!

-Pentium II

Re:Pentium II was still available for purchase?

[wayward_son]

But if the application needs something slow and hot, what better choice than the Pentium II?

In related news...

[SeaDour]

The Compy Corporation has announced that they are restarting production of their Lappy 486 [homestarrunner.com] due to an unusual surge in popularity and demand.

Ah ... the Pentium II

[Ganondorf Dragmire]

I knew him well. It replaced my Intel Pentium running at 100MHz. He stood tall at a massive 350MHz. He ran with the games I played the most, even the Legendary Final Fantasy 7 for the PC, of course with the asstance of Mr. Voodoo. Pentium II you will be missed. *trys to flush chip down toilet*

In other news...

[mogrify]

GM will soon discontinue all models based on wheels carved from solid blocks of stone. AT&T has begun phasing out its line of telegraph equipment in favor of more versatile communications technology. Bed Bath and Beyond will no longer carry Black & Decker's butter churns or bellows, and the US NIST Division of Weights and Measures has recommended that hogsheads, cubits, and ells no longer be used in official government documents.

::gasp::

[Ayanami Rei]

huggles for dual sparcstation 20! Her SBUS is soo kyoot...
And did it come with the side-loading CD-ROM?

Re:Pentium II lives on as a military processor.

[ckaminski]

> Oh, and who said a pre-286 couldn't run Windows? 3.0 runs on an 8088...

Oh the Horror! One application at a time. :-)