It won't necessarily be Intel making recalls. It may be motherboard manufacturers.
While Intel does make and ship motherboards, they ship far more chip-sets then motherboards. The announcement makes sense for those configurations that do not leverage certain of the problematic chip-set capabilities. Those motherboard manufacturers would be annoyed or upset that they are losing out on supplies to continue their design. Now, I am not saying that I will be rushing out to buy a new motherboard, only that it may really be what the announcement says it is. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll bet it's more nuanced than that. > > Intel gets the benefit of public disclosure of a big and costly problem, > BUT, at the 11th hour, the "business realities" of their OEM partners > "forces" them to continue shipping the defective product, but only to select > partners. > > > Now, you have to ask yourself the following: > > -- Are the other partners willing to lose market share by waiting for > properly remediated motherboards before they ship the cool and exciting > product? > -- Will the OEMs label the product accordingly, or physically prevent the > use of the slots in question so there are no customer surprises later on? > -- Just how many motherboards will Intel actually have to recall when all > is said and done? > > > > So much for an almost $billion recall. They have thus far averted a costly > disaster rather nicely. > > > *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... > > * > > > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Apparently, this is due to the OEMs wanting to release their products... >> not because Intel didn't want to fix the problem. >> >> The compromise is apparently "We won't use the 3rd through 6th SATA ports, >> or we'll get an additional SATA controller". >> >> *shrug* >> >> >> --Matt Ross >> Ephrata School District >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Andrew S. Baker >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 >> 07:40:42 -0800 >> Subject: Intel pulls a fast one in Sandy Bridge fiasco | >> Processors - InfoWorld >> >> >> > >> http://www.infoworld.com/t/processors/intel-pulls-fast-one-in-sandy-bridge-fiasco-784?elq=true#comment-33801 >> > >> > Be careful if you're in the market for a high-end Intel-based >> motherboard in >> > the near term...*[1]* >> > >> > So much for wondering how they would handle a possible billion dollar >> > recall... >> > >> > >> > >> > *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> >> > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* >> > * >> > [1] Unless you don't care about SATA-2 any more...* >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
