Itanium glitch discovered
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 13, 2003 at 12:43:13 AM
Intel may seem to be in a bad position with this finding, but it is very rare (the problem). Only under certain conditions will the errata occur.
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A computer maker found the electrical problem in stress testing earlier this year, and Intel confirmed it was a problem with the chips, not the software or other parts of system design, Grimes said. The problem affects both 900MHz and 1GHz versions of the Itanium 2, code-named McKinley. However, it doesn't affect a faster 1.5GHz successor--called Itanium 2 6M and formerly code-named Madison--that is set for release in mid-2003, she said.