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To: steve harris who wrote (93226)	12/1/1999 8:52:00 AM
From: Aljorma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Posted 01/12/99 12:08pm by Mike Magee Intel acknowledges Coppermine bug -- sorry erratum Your a little late with info aren't you? Or am I missing something? Aljorma

To: steve harris who wrote (93226)	12/1/1999 9:30:00 AM
From: Diamond Jim	Respond to of 186894

IBM pushes ahead with new server architecture IBM is paving the way for its next-generation Unix software and for major changes to its server computer architecture. 2.digital.cnet.com

To: steve harris who wrote (93226)	12/1/1999 9:40:00 AM
From: Joseph Pareti	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

>The Coppermine ramp is healthy. >OEMs have been shipping 0.18-micron >Pentium© III processor >based systems in all frequencies deja-vu, or ? it was enough to listen to Paul O Just like it was enough to listen to craig B, for that matter. The street has short memory, and so there is room for kurlaks and bartiromos. Make it so

To: steve harris who wrote (93226)	12/1/1999 10:30:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Steve, Whoa, it was getting a little lonely over here with all the Intelabbees in a bad mood. So Dell has suspended shipping all the coppermine Optiplexes after all. I wonder how many apologies I will receive today for my posts about that yesterday. <G> It's amazing what happens when even Intel has to rush a launch....and just simple MHZ has a great bearing on that. One can almost understand AMDs screw ups all these years... Let's post that whole article for those who just skip over a post from someone from the other thread! ""Posted 01/12/99 12:08pm by Mike Magee Intel acknowledges Coppermine bug -- sorry erratum Chip giant Intel has confirmed that it found a glitch in its .18 micron Coppermine processor which has caused it to tighten up its quality control procedures. That follows a report on US hardware site JC News yesterday which claimed that mammoth PC company Dell has put a stop to shipping Coppermine processors in its Optiplex range because of an intermittent glitch in the processor. That report said that some Coppermine processors intermittently seize up between power-up and power-down cycles. The problem applies only to some Coppermine processors according to the report. Now, an Intel representative has confirmed there is a problem with Coppermine processors and said the bug will be fixed in the next stepping (Intel calls chip bugs errata.) In the meantime, it is tightening up its quality control checks. He said: "An intermittent issue which resulted in failure to start the boot process was reported in lab environments on a very small number of "Coppermine" (0.18-micron) Pentium® III processor-based systems. The issue does not result in any data corruption." Intel, he says, has discovered the root cause of the problem and has tightened its testing procedures to minimise problems. That probably means a further quality control test at fabrication time. He added: "This issue is considered as errata and will be eliminated in a future stepping. The Coppermine ramp is healthy. OEMs have been shipping 0.18-micron Pentium® III processor based systems in all frequencies." In fact, the errata list on Coppermines is already rather long for a new family of processors. You can download the latest list from Intel's site as a PDF document to check it out for yourself. The latest erratumnotbug does not yet seem to have found its way onto the list. The news could not have come at a worse time for Intel, already beleagured by other problems and stiff competition from AMD. It could also go some way towards explaining why Coppermine chips have been as scarce as hen's teeth. We are still waiting to hear from Dell on its take on the erratumnotbug. ® """ ---- Jim