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[quote]A problem requiring a "silicon fix" is bad news in the chipset business, and sadly that's what Intel is announcing. Its new Intel 6 Series chipset, Cougar Point, has been found to have a flaw, something to do with the SATA controller. Intel is indicating that the ports can "degrade over time," leading to poor i/o performance down the road. All shipments have been stopped and a fix has been implemented for new deliveries, but it sounds like recalls will be starting soon for those with this ticking time bomb silicon within. It isn't a critical problem right now, though, so if you own a Sandy Bridge Core i5 or Core i7 system keep computing with confidence while looking for a recall notice, but it is bad news for Intel's bottom line: the company is advising a $300 million hit to revenue.[/quote]
[url=http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/31/intel-finds-sandy-bridge-chipset-design-flaw-shipments-stopped/]
read more and press release here[/url]
OUCH! Intel...
That's bad, but I guess first adapters deal with stuff like this.
holly crapp! this Sux!
Update!
Intel share market keeps collapsing while watching
[url=http://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=maximized&chdeh=0&chfdeh=0&chdet=1296507600000&chddm=1173.0000000000002&chls=IntervalBasedLine&q=NASDAQ:INTC&ntsp=0&fct=big]see it live here[/url]
For Intel CPU's to cost as much as they do they should really make sure their products function properly before shipping them out, but damn! $300 million?
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=NASDAQ%3AINTC+vs+amd
im interested to see how this will effect the competitors pricing... hopefully amd doesnt jack their price up if they gain more market share.... although its bound to happen if they do
actually it's expected to tot up to $1bn, which to intel isn't too big of a deal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTmXHvGZiSY
Such an highly overclockable platform, now going for a major recall. Similar to Ferrari's infamous 458 recall I suppose.
Well.. That's Sandy Balls for you :D:D
For some reason this news made me happy