Windows 7: Intel Discloses Chip Glitch

Win7User512 · 31 Jan 2011

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Semiconductor leader Intel (INTC: 21.16, -0.34, -1.60%) revealed on Monday it found a glitch in the design of its newly-released Intel 6 Series support chip, hurting the tech bellwether's sales by $300 million.

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Punkster · 31 Jan 2011

Let me see if i get this straight...

Which chips are we talking about, the news isn't very clear

or my eyes are REALLY tired and i can't process the information xD

Solarstarshines · 31 Jan 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Punkster

Let me see if i get this straight...

Which chips are we talking about, the news isn't very clear

or my eyes are REALLY tired and i can't process the information xD

Im not that much into Intel like i was with the P4 but sounds like it might be the Sandy bridge stuff or maybe im just wrong alltogether

Punkster · 31 Jan 2011

that's what i thought, the first thing that came to my mind was "sandy brigdes" but then i re-read the article and "Intel 6 Series", have no idea what that means hehehe..

EDIT: nopes, i just read a latin article, Intel 6 Series: P67/H67..

The glitch it's in the Chipset, wow. that'll cost some bucks

DeaconFrost · 31 Jan 2011

Great. I wonder what this will mean for my new P67 board.

To answer the question above, it doesn't refer to their processors, but the 6x seris Northbridge chips that support the Sandy Bridge processors.

Punkster · 31 Jan 2011

It'll mean that your SATA devices will degrade at some point, but like, really faster that others

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As part of ongoing quality assurance, Intel Corporation has discovered a design issue in a recently released support chip, the Intel® 6 Series, code-named Cougar Point, and has implemented a silicon fix. In some cases, the Serial-ATA (SATA) ports within the chipsets may degrade over time, potentially impacting the performance or functionality of SATA-linked devices such as hard disk drives and DVD-drives. The chipset is utilized in PCs with Intel’s latest Second Generation Intel Core processors, code-named Sandy Bridge. Intel has stopped shipment of the affected support chip from its factories. Intel has corrected the design issue, and has begun manufacturing a new version of the support chip which will resolve the issue. The Sandy Bridge microprocessor is unaffected and no other products are affected by this issue.
The company expects to begin delivering the updated version of the chipset to customers in late February and expects full volume recovery in April.

I can't add the link because it's a latin article, this is the only english bit of it hehe. sorry about that

Win7User512 · 31 Jan 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Punkster

Let me see if i get this straight...

Which chips are we talking about, the news isn't very clear

or my eyes are REALLY tired and i can't process the information xD

It is quite clear which chips:

Quote: Originally Posted by The article

The tech company said it believes “relatively few customers” were impacted by the issue because systems with the affected chips have only been shipping since January 9. The only systems sold to an end customer potentially impacted are Second Generation Core i5 and Core i& quad core based systems, Intel said.

Second gen Core i-series are Sandy Bridge chips.

pparks1 · 31 Jan 2011

It's Sandy Bridge...
Intel finds Sandy Bridge chipset design flaw, shipments stopped and recalls beginning -- Engadget

Punkster · 31 Jan 2011

Nop, i think that article doesn't explain too much itself, Intel 6 Series is: P67/H67 Chipsets, the processors are OK

Win7User512 · 31 Jan 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Punkster

Nop, i think that article doesn't explain too much itself, Intel 6 Series is: P67/H67 Chipsets, the processors are OK

Well if you know the 6 series is the chipset, then you know it's that and not the processor.

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