AMD WILL ONLY LAUNCH the Phenom 9500 and 9600. Even though the channel already got its hands on the Phenom 9700 (2.4 GHz) part, it will have to be pulled off from the shelves
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In the BIG picture this is likely not a big deal.
In the short term, micropicture.. another black eye.
AMD has some serious Karma issues of late.. Talk about leaving the impression that they are the gang that can't shoot straight.
Message edited by the_vorlon on 11-18-2007 at 08:19:41 PM
"This problem was found during speed-binning the B2 revision processors, and this was the cause for the Phenom FX 3.0 GHz delay. It turns out that some CPUs running at 2.4 GHz or above in some benchmarking combinations, while all four cores are running at 100% load, can cause a system freeze."
I wonder what this means for overclocking... will you get random crashes even if the CPU is tested to be 'stable'?
Message edited by epsilon84 on 11-18-2007 at 07:57:11 PM
Why does the inquirer, of all places, have an inside track on this type of news? Does anyone else have difficulty in accepting the voracity of such news from such a source?
Why does the inquirer, of all places, have an inside track on this type of news? Does anyone else have difficulty in accepting the voracity of such news from such a source?
Well the same group of people believed it when Inq reported Phenom can be easily overclocked to 3.0Ghz.
But to me, Inq is just a rumor source. Since the K8 days, Inq had always claimed to have inside source in AMD (reverse hyper-threading anyone?). Before other credible news sources report the same, I'll treat it like a rumor.
Message edited by yomamafor1 on 11-18-2007 at 10:23:40 PM
There I was, hoping beyond hope that Phenom would be out and provide some good numbers, not expecting Phenom to be at the top, but at least close enough to worthwhile if the price was good. Sure, maybe the Inq has had its share of bad reporting, but a few other sites have not had much positive to say so far for Phenom.
Back in the hopeful department, perhaps AMD will get the problem straightened out quickly and the chips will ship before Christmas. If not, raise the glasses and toast to Intel for the holidays.
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If you read the whole paper it states that it will be fixed with a BIOS update - similar to the microcode update that Intel had for their TLB errata. Oh noes doom gloom for AMD lol.
If you read the whole paper it states that it will be fixed with a BIOS update - similar to the microcode update that Intel had for their TLB errata. Oh noes doom gloom for AMD lol.
Actually, Inq stated that since AMD did not have built in Micro-code update like Intel, they have to pull everything from the shelf.
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Even though the channel already got its hands on the Phenom 9700 (2.4 GHz) part, it will have to be pulled off from the shelves...
...However, unlike Intel, that has a micro-code update function in all of its CPUs, AMD is forced to delay the introduction of the part.
This likely means no more Phenom 9700 for this holiday season.
"The Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) errata is an L3 protocol issue causing a system hang when running certain client workload applications independent of platform. AMD is immediately introducing an updated BIOS which will correct the TLB errata".
Either way, sucks that more bad news had to pile on....
"The Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) errata is an L3 protocol issue causing a system hang when running certain client workload applications independent of platform. AMD is immediately introducing an updated BIOS which will correct the TLB errata".
Either way, sucks that more bad news had to pile on....
Wait until tomorrow and the stock market opens. Then, instead of an up day for AMD because of the chip line being introduced, there might be even more bad news because of this chip being recalled. I wonder if those new investors from overseas will feel like needing a drink of something strong.
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