Jan 31 2011
Intel Screws Up Sandy Bridge
A few weeks ago, I mentioned the fact that Intel had me drooling over the new Sandy Bridge chipset. The CPUs are incredibly fast and are priced fairly well. Today, the Sandy Bridge came crashing down due to a huge design flaw. It’s related to the SATA controller, making anything connected to it vulnerable to data corruption by the looks of it.
Apparently not being able to afford a new PC proved handy this time around. I’d hate to have to send my motherboard back because of the recall. It’s going to be a huge financial hit for Intel, an estimated $300 million to $1 billion. Eeks.