Too many SKUs
Intel needs to rationalise its product line-up.
The number of products to choose from is ridiculous.
Intel Atom, Intel Process, Intel Core, Intel Xeon, Intel Xeon Scalable.
Atom is then split into Atom C and Atom P. There are 43 Atom C lines listed on their site, and 11 Atom P. There are 6 Intel Processor chips, split into N and U lines.
The Core range is split into i3, i5, i7 and i9, with the i9 being split into normal and X series. There's 44 i9 products, 104 i7 products, 124 i5 products, and 51 i3 products listed on their site.
Xeon is split into Xeon E, W and D. Plus their Max and Scalable branding. Totalling 390 listed current CPUs on their product pages.
That's 1163 different processor products listed on their site as Launched/current. Sure, some are now being listed at "end of servicing life", so are due to disappear from the list soon, but they will be replaced with the Meteor Lake models instead.
1163 CPUs! Insanity.