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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EUGLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
