This is really no different than in 1994 with the Pentium FDIV bug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug

It's going to cost them money.  AMD might be able to get a leg up on
Intel in the X86 market.

-mmiller

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Mr O <[email protected]> wrote:
> Go easy on the panic. April will be back to full distribution. Primary focus 
> right now is replace what made it to market now. There will be parts 
> available, just choose wisely. And if you're going to buy an Intel branded 
> board make sure you buy from an Intel Authorized reseller so if you have a 
> problem you can get it taken care of easily.
>
> FWIW, Newegg is NOT an authorized reseller. The majority of their Intel 
> product is grey market.
>
> That be all,
> Mr O.
>
> --- On Tue, 2/1/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [Eug-lug] Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset recall
>> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]>
>> Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 4:09 AM
>> Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset
>> recall
>>
>> Stop all sales! Silicon problem can't be patched.
>>
>> Intel says it won't be until April when fixed update of the
>> Sandy Bridge chipset will be fully available. Of course,
>> then it will be some time for motherboard vendors to
>> manufacturer/ship new system boards, and then some time for
>> system builders to build/ship new PCs.
>>
>> After major time investment in hardware shopping research
>> this last week, I planned to buy a new i7 Core Sandy Bridge
>> based PC this weekend.
>>
>> So now I have to decide to wait or buy two year old
>> computer technology.
>>
>> Now I think I'll just roll...ur, I mean build my own. Or
>> maybe both.
>>
>> http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-032263.htm
>>
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