I was wondering why the Intel stock took a dive that more excessive than the market dive. The analysts probably recieved a heads up from some industry wag.
Jim Freeman Paul J Smith wrote: > Barry, > > Thanks for the heads-up. Article was also published by AP in today's Boston > Globe. The following excerpt is from the site you noted .... > > Regards, Paul J. Smith > Teradyne, Boston > > Chip maker will replace motherboards using its 820 chip set due to noise > caused > by simultaneous switching of > signals. > > Intel Corp. has acknowledged another setback for PCs using its 820 chip set. > > The company announced Wednesday morning that it will replace motherboards > using > its 820 chip set that are exhibiting > symptoms of a problem with a related component -- called a memory translator > hub, or MTH -- with synchronous dynamic > RAM (SDRAM). > > While the hub is not part of the 820 itself, it is > required > on a motherboard that uses SDRAM. It > enables the chip set, which was designed to work with > Rambus dynamic RAM (RDRAM), to use > less expensive, more readily available SDRAM. > > "We have found that some systems ... may be sensitive to > system board noise," an Intel > spokesman said. > > Hangs and reboots > > The MTH problem, which manifests itself by system hangs > and > intermittent system reboots, is due > to noise caused by simultaneous switching of signals on > the > MTH buses, Intel officials said. > > Intel is working with PC and motherboard makers to notify > computer users of the problem and to > offer a replacement motherboard. Intel plans to replace all the 820 > motherboards with SDRAM support that it sold directly > to customers with an Intel 820 chip set motherboard with RDRAM memory. > > Computer users who believe they are affected should > contact their manufacturers, or they can > check Intel's Web site, where they can download the > MTH > ID Utility to test for the presence > of the hub. > > The MTH support site also includes additional > information on the problems. > > "We believe less than 1 million boards with the MTH have been shipped to > customers," an Intel spokesman said. However, > "since we have determined no root cause on this issue, we have decided to > offer > a replacement." > > Barry Ma <[email protected]> on 05/10/2000 07:12:33 PM > > Please respond to Barry Ma <[email protected]> > > To: EMC-PSTC <[email protected]> > cc: (bcc: Paul J Smith/Bos/Teradyne) > Subject: Chip noise halts Intel 820 motherboard > > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20000510/tc/chip_noise_halts_intel_820_production_1.html > > INTEL will replace motherboards using its 820 chip set due to noise caused by > simultaneous switching of signals. > ------------ > > Can anybody be more specific or just make a speculation by using EMC language? > > Another question is irrelevant to EMC. I am wondering why it took so long - > five > months from field failure report to recreating the problem inside INTEL? See > quotation below: > > First noted in November > "Intel began shipping the MTH last November. The problem was brought to light > by > an Intel customer who observed the problem.... Intel followed up on the report > and observed the problem in its own tests earlier this month." > > Barry Ma > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > Why pay when you don't have to? Get AltaVista Free Internet Access now! > http://jump.altavista.com/freeaccess4.go > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
