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Oct. 08, 1999 (Computer Reseller News - CMP via COMTEX) -- New York - At least two PC server
and workstation vendors have begun shipping the latest Xeon-based eight-way servers, despite a glitch in
Intel Corp.'s Saber motherboards, saying their own technology bypasses the problem.
Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, and Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif.,
began shipping their Xeon-based servers despite a flaw in the Rambus Inc. high-speed memory, executives
from each company said.
"I know Intel has publicly reported a bug in the Intel motherboard that pretty much all of our other
competitors are using," said Paul Gottesegan, vice president of marketing for Compaq servers. "We were
not using that motherboard. We design our own system boards."
Other vendors, such as Dell Computer Corp., Round Rock, Texas, and Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto,
Calif., relied on the Intel technology and have been hamstrung by the glitch and unable to immediately ship
servers based on the new microprocessors.
None of Toshiba's PC servers use Saber motherboards, and there are no plans to use them in future
servers, said a company spokeswoman.
The design flaw in the Intel technology "is not at all an issue in the Compaq systems, [because the
specification] within [Intel's] Saber system board has too wide of a margin for voltage irregularities, [while]
we have very tight specifications," said Gottesegan.
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