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Intel to start shipping remedied Cougar Point chipsets on February 14th

By Donald Melanson posted Feb 11th 2011 2:45PM



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Well, it looks like Intel's $700 million problem with its Series 6 Cougar Point chipsets is now one step closer to a resolution -- the company has just announced that the fully remedied B3 revision of the chipset will start shipping out on February 14th. That will bring with it an updated BIOS, full pin compatibility with the previous B2 chipset and, most importantly, a "minor metal layer change" that promises to improve "lifetime wear out with no changes to functionality or design specifications" -- in other words, a fix for that rogue transistor affecting SATA ports. Hit up the source link below for Intel's official notice (in PDF form).​
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Who comes up with these names? "Cougar point"? Is this some horny middle aged lady or a processor.
 
Historically they're named for bodies of water, specifically around the northwest. Seems to have changed in recent years though, dunno.
 
Hmm, that makes sense. Let's name our electrical components after bodies of water...after all they work so well in water under normal circumstances. Meth addicts... the whole world is run by meth addicts.
 
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