Tench,
MORE bad news for Intel IMHO,
These guys are intent on taking the mantle(from AMD) of the gang that couldn't shoot straight.
Update: Intel Discovers Bad 810 Shipments, Confirms Coppermine Delay
By Marcia Savage Santa Clara, Calif.
3:42 PM EST Fri., June 18, 1999
Intel Corp. acknowledged that it shipped some defective 810 chipsets to its customers but said it now has corrected the problem.
Intel, based here, also confirmed that the launch of its Coppermine chip, an enhanced version of the Pentium III produced on the advanced 0.18-micron manufacturing process, will be pushed back from late September to November.
A very limited number of its low-end 810 chipset shipments were involved in what Intel calls the "production test escape issue."
The flawed 810 chipsets may not boot properly. Ones that do boot will not load the graphics drivers properly and will supply only Video Graphics Array (VGA) for PC display mode. They will not support Super VGA, a refined version of VGA that provides enhanced resolution.
Intel has addressed the issue so that the current production of 810 chipsets is problem-free, the spokesman said. The company notified its customers and will replace flawed 810 chipsets. Intel is providing its customers with a test to screen their 810 chipsets for the problem.
Formerly code-named Whitney, the 810 reduces system cost by integrating graphics capabilities onto the chipset, and enables software-based audio, modem and DVD capabilities.
Intel introduced the 810 in April, ahead of its scheduled June availability. Most motherboard companies said they would start shipping 810 boards by the end of May or early June. A motherboard source said many motherboard manufacturers have not yet begun mass production.
Intel said it notified its customers Thursday of Coppermine's delay. Coppermine is the code name for a Pentium III with 256 Kbytes of integrated Level 2 cache, built on the 0.18-micron process.
Instead, Intel this summer will release a 600MHz version of the standard Pentium III produced on the current 0.25-micron process, an Intel spokesman said.
Coppermine's delay is due to lower yields at the higher 600MHz frequency, he said.
Intel also said the mobile version of the Pentium III will come out in September at 500MHz, not 600MHz as originally planned.
With the introduction of the 600MHz Pentium III on 0.25 this summer, Intel will adjust pricing of its current Pentium III chips earlier than planned, the spokesman said. Price adjustments will come around the same time or slightly before the introduction of the faster Pentium III, he said.
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