The BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12354263) reports that:
QuotePC makers are halting sales of some machines because of problems with the latest Intel chips.
The problem centres on a chipset that helps a central processor communicate with other parts of a PC, including memory and hard drives.
About eight million of the faulty chipsets, called Cougar Point, have been distributed so far, said Intel.
That should help AMD out a bit. :)
Do they need help?
Apparently its to do with the SATA port connections degrading over time.
Quote from: Simon on Feb 04, 2011, 10:55:16
Do they need help?
They've lost market share to Intel in recent years, haven't they? That said, Aldi have a good looking AMD machine on Sunday:
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_17502.htm
It's a glitch sure, but sadly I think AMD are mostly being retired to the low-end competition. If you want a powerful enthusiast PC these days it's almost certainly Intel+NVIDIA. Core i7 costs an absolute boatload, but you mostly get what you pay for. In 2003 I paid £300 for the first AMD x2 dual core processor which utterly destroyed the Pentium 4 CPUs at the time. But things change.
Is it potato blight?
Silicon is bad for your teeth.
Nvidia still have competition from ATI which AMD own though, it seems to swing one way then the other as each company leapfrogs the other for a short while, you can never keep up, and really there is no point trying.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2024211/acer-offers-sandy-bridge-victims-service-swap
Acer offers Sandy Bridge victims service or swap
Rik's now even getting food into the subject line of topics...
It takes years of training and dedication. ;D