AMD bugged by bugs
10 Jan 2008 | 17:29 GMT
B3 on the way to becoming B4
WRITING HOME from CES 2008, hardware site Erenumerique (Digital Age) reports that AMD has shot itself once more in the foot.
According to the French site, while chatting up a couple of AMD’s employees they got word that AMD has received the first Phenom B3 silicon and... wait for it... *surprise* It’s still buggy!
Apparently AMD will be doing a (quote) “new spin” on the silicon.
Now, whether that means a B4 stepping or simply correcting the snafu outright, your guess is as good as ours.
According to Guillaume, the silicon won’t be around until May ’08. There’s also some interesting info about AMD’s ATI plans.
On a different note, the same parties reported that the first 45nm process results were “encouraging”. Go figure.
We sincerely wish AMD and its foot a hasty recovery. µ
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