Many rumors have been circulating over the last few weeks about Intel putting the Core i7 920, 940, 950 and 965EE on the chopping block in favour of the Lynfield based Socket 1156 CPUs. Bit-tech has now reported that it has seen roadmaps from all of the X58 mainboard makers which confirm that the Core i7 920, 940, 950 and 965EE will be gone by 'early next year'. Based on the motherboard manufacturers' roadmaps it looks like the 975 Extreme Edition and the upcoming six-core CPUs will be the sole users of the LGA1366 socket. LGA1366 and X58 motherboards will be reduced in production around Q3 and Q4 with the release of the Lynnfield platform on September 1, although it is unclear when the current Core i7s will be phased out.