Intel's Billion-Dollar Mistake

[crustyasp46]

Intel's Billion-Dollar Mistake


Intel is recalling an untold number of high-end desktop PCs because of a design flaw, and expects the problem to cost the company about $1 billion.

The design flaw affects the Intel 6 (formerly codenamed Cougar Point) support chip, which rides alongside the Sandy Bridge processor on motherboards. The flaw could cause performance problems with devices connected via Serial ATA ports, such as hard drives and DVD drives.

The chip has shipped in desktop PCs only since January 9th, and only Second Generation Core i5 and Core i7 quad core based systems should be affected. Those are among the most powerful PCs available, and are used for running processor-intensive applications like video rendering. Notebooks use a different support chip, codenamed Huron Bridge.

Intel did not disclose the number of systems it expects to be affected.

Intel says its Q1 revenue will be lowered by $300 million as the company shuts down production of the current Intel 6 line and replaces it with the repaired chips. Repairing and replacing the flawed systems that have already shipped will cost another $700 million, Intel estimates.

Analysts aren't too worried about the news -- FBR Capital Markets estimates it will affect EPS by about $0.07 for the year, which is only about 4% of the company's total earnings. Still, it's an embarrassing misstep for the company, which is already under pressure from the rise of tablet computers, most of which use processors designed by Intel rival ARM.

[Hot Trout]

AMD all the way

[Kherr]

AMD all the way

AMD have been slipping in their performance of late. I remember when AMD processors were the way to go for gaming... and now they can't compare with the Intel i7 6 core processor. It's funny, on their site they're only comparing their processors with lower end Intel processors.

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition - Rated the best processor of the AMD lineup. Period.
AMD rating Source

Intel® Core™ i7-980X Processor Extreme Edition - Rated the best of the best on the market. Period. ;3
i7 rating Source

(on the right side of each source page you'll find the different categories they were tested in and what they scored. The AMD got 2 and 4 in sections the i7 got 1 and 1. :3)

Now, note what I said above. They're comparing that sexy AMD 6 core beast with a fucking Pentium Core 2 Quad. What are they scared of? Answer: Being slightly less sexier than the i7 6 Core on their own site. :3

What I had originally wanted to say:
An AMD and ATi user? Oh god... where has IT gone to these days? *facepalms* (Jokingly, of course. To each their own... )

I think my actual post speaks for itself. ;3

BUT, for the price of 200 (AMD) vs. the price of 1000 (Intel) I think I'd probably go with the AMD too (although I'd rather have the Intel) ;3

And so what Intel slipped. They're comprised of humans too. XD

And if there ever was a time that a smiley were to describe my entire post in a smiley... This is it and this smiley wins.

Don't hurt me... :p

[Rhodderz]

Like dak said, its so much like the graphics cards these day
ATI and AMD build CHEEPLY (always had a problem with amd and ati cards. also INSTALLING A DRIVER FOR A PROCESSOR? WTF)
Intel and Nvidia take longer to build their stuff and use better products (until this 6 chip ) soooooo
INTEL ALL THE WAY
and
NVIDIA ALL THE WAY
(ps ati are the reason PS3's suck......other than the security code leak which apparently the code is )*4/1.....how can you divice by 1? ehh)