Intel halts production of its h310 chipset for coffee lake

Problems for Intel and the production of one of its chipsets focused on the low-end sector of motherboards. The Californian company is reportedly suspending, temporarily, all production of H310 chipsets.

H310 is a chipset for Intel range motherboards

A report straight out of DigiTimes , citing industry sources, says Intel has discontinued production of its H310 chipset. The decision appears to be due to lower 14nm chipset production capacity than expected. When that happens, the production focus needs to shift to focus on bigger chipsets within its new range: In this case, Intel chose to prioritize the Z370 chipset, which has a larger feature set and, most likely, higher profit margins..

A headache for manufacturers

After a month of limited supply of the H310 chipset, motherboard manufacturers are now forced to use Intel's B360 chipset in their most economical options, a part that carries a higher cost and therefore prevents manufacturers Reach all the prices you would normally get with a wider range of Intel chipsets.

It should be noted that there are other reasons hanging around that claim that Intel suspended the supply of H310 because they have decided to carry out a change in the manufacturing process at 22 nm. More speculation suggests that this limited 14nm offer is due to the 10nm advance delay, a process Intel hoped was already occurring in volume.

In any case, this will surely have an impact on the prices of the cheapest motherboards compatible with Coffee Lake in the second half.

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