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Intel Admits A Chip Error - Shares Halted - is it Sandy Bridge!

dtodor said:
The mobile version of the chip is codenamed "Cougar Point - M". According to Intel PR, the faulty chip is the "Cougar Point", which is used in desktops.
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What I don't understand is they posted a 'write down' of $300M,
what about the Sandy Bridge (Cougar Point - not Mobile) chipset that has been used in at least a dozen desktops? Their 'write-downs' will take profits down by 100's of millions. This could total a $Billion+ in losses, someones head is on the chopping block.
 
On the other hand, besides being only negative in my previous posts. Apple is not dumb, Jobs, Cook, Shiller, Ive, etc. are not naive to computer world, and supplies/issues. They didnt wake up today and say, oh ****, all our comps are messed up, guess we goofed! o well, another 4 months wont mind our supplies and customers.


The affected chips are very limited, Apple had tested them since possibly fall of last year, so they know what their getting into. Refresh could come at any time still, Intel is not going to put Apple on the backburner.
 
lifeguard90 said:
On the other hand, besides being only negative in my previous posts. Apple is not dumb, Jobs, Cook, Shiller, Ive, etc. are not naive to computer world, and supplies/issues. They didnt wake up today and say, oh ****, all our comps are messed up, guess we goofed! o well, another 4 months wont mind our supplies and customers.


The affected chips are very limited, Apple had tested them since possibly fall of last year, so they know what their getting into. Refresh could come at any time still, Intel is not going to put Apple on the backburner.
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That makes no sense. Wasn't the last refresh delayed by supply constraints?

If Apple was planning to use SB, then this has to have some effect on them.
 
Ya, the last one was intels supply fault, I was just stating that this time supplies are enough, but now faulty. Intel ruins it again for all of us who want/need a refresh. If I were Jobs, I'd be pissed at Intel.
 
>>The only systems sold to an end customer potentially impacted are Second Generation Core i5 and Core i7 quad core based systems<<

My HP I recently purchased has the i7 Sandy-Bridge processor. I wonder whet HP will do?
 
greytmom said:
That makes no sense. Wasn't the last refresh delayed by supply constraints?

If Apple was planning to use SB, then this has to have some effect on them.
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That was reportedly the case, yes. So, you're right that this error will somehow affect the planned launch of the new MacBook Pro's. February sounds impossible to me actually. It will be either March or April.
 
IT-Pro said:
That was reportedly the case, yes. So, you're right that this error will somehow affect the planned launch of the new MacBook Pro's. February sounds impossible to me actually. It will be either March or April.
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Hopefully. Or even May or June if all goes well! :)
 
Its just the Cougar Point chipset that has a problem, the Sandy Bridge microprocessor itself is fine.

EDIT: Also keep in mind that this issue only affects SATA ports 2-5. SATA ports start with port 0, so the first two SATA ports are unaffected, which means computers that only use two SATA ports won't be affected (so 99% of laptops).
 
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On to the issue at hand, though. Intel's recently announced goof on the Sandy Bridge chipset just goes to show the risks being an early adopter create. Do we ever learn, though? I certainly never have. What the hell, where is there reward without risk?:)
 
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dtodor said:
This article claims that only the desktop chips are affected:

http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/31/intel.cougar.point.desktop.chipset.has.sata.bug/
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:):):):)


quote from the source,
"Notebooks use a different platform, Huron River, and shouldn't face the setback. The problem has already been resolved but will delay many desktop computers by a month. Shipments of the patched chipset will arrive in late February and won't be back to full speed until April."

Read more: http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/31/intel.cougar.point.desktop.chipset.has.sata.bug/#ixzz1CdFDLXwc"
 
"The company has already implemented a fix in the Cougar Point chipset and has begun baking new versions of the chipset, which it expects to start shipping to OEM customers in late February. Intel is not expected to get to full volume productions of the modified Cougar Point chipset until April."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/31/intel_coougar_point_chipset_flaw/

So I am thinking more and more that it is likely all new Mac models released in 2011 will be shipping with Lion after all. If Apple ends up not being able to ship new product before April then there is no way I will be buying anything before it is packaged with Lion, being how Lion should begin shipping by no later than June or so anyway.
 
I am confused. I just bought a MBP with core i5 and it was shipped to me in Jan. So i am affected?
 
zodqyv said:
"The company has already implemented a fix in the Cougar Point chipset and has begun baking new versions of the chipset, which it expects to start shipping to OEM customers in late February. Intel is not expected to get to full volume productions of the modified Cougar Point chipset until April."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/31/intel_coougar_point_chipset_flaw/

So I am thinking more and more that it is likely all new Mac models released in 2011 will be shipping with Lion after all. If Apple ends up not being able to ship new product before April then there is no way I will be buying anything before it is packaged with Lion, being how Lion should begin shipping by no later than June or so anyway.
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That is assuming both desktop and notebook lines are the same. I think earlier suggests that notebooks are fine, in which case they would not be held up.
 
dtodor said:
This article claims that only the desktop chips are affected:

http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/31/intel.cougar.point.desktop.chipset.has.sata.bug/
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laser71 said:
That is assuming both desktop and notebook lines are the same. I think earlier suggests that notebooks are fine, in which case they would not be held up.
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Intel's press release did not say anything about desktops nor laptops, just that it affects all Intel 6-series chipsets which include the mobile chipsets.
 
lifeguard90 said:
:):):):)


quote from the source,
"Notebooks use a different platform, Huron River, and shouldn't face the setback. The problem has already been resolved but will delay many desktop computers by a month. Shipments of the patched chipset will arrive in late February and won't be back to full speed until April."

Read more: http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/31/intel.cougar.point.desktop.chipset.has.sata.bug/#ixzz1CdFDLXwc"
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Sucks for iMacs, of course, but this seems to be good news for the MBP!
 
So, Huron River platform includes Cougar Point chipset, correct?

Don't see how that article claiming notebooks aren't affected could be right...
 
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