lordirecto
In the zone
^ Try to use google for this question.
one silly question....what is b3 stepping?? can i get more info about it??
Intel 6-series chipset ( read P67 and H67 ) with B stepping has some hardware issue which will ultimately result in failure of the 3Gbps ports.
So intel recalled all the mobos ( mobo manufacturers did the same as well ) and fixed the problem and released mobos with new chipset stepping known as B3 stepping which is free from cougar point bug and guranteed to work flawlessly
bhushan2k
Genius in making mistakes
Intel 6-series chipset ( read P67 and H67 ) with B stepping has some hardware issue which will ultimately result in failure of the 3Gbps ports.
So intel recalled all the mobos ( mobo manufacturers did the same as well ) and fixed the problem and released mobos with new chipset stepping known as B3 stepping which is free from cougar point bug and guranteed to work flawlessly
thanx dude..so all latest released and which are going to be released in future based on 6-series chipset are bug free and that is B3 stepping board...right? and what about existing mobos which had bought by users before recognizing the bug by intel? has intel released any patch or bios update for them??
I don't know if all the sellers have exchanged their existing P67/H67 mobos with B3 stepping mobos or not - so cances are some sellers have still some old stock whih has cougar point bug.
If you are going to buy a P67/H67 mobo just make sure B3 is printed on the mobos box pack - that's the only way to know if you are getting a B3 mobo before buying.
utkarsh009
In the zone
just look at this: Intel Tick-Tock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I dont know how many of you already knew about the tick-tock process but i didnt know. isn't this a cool piece of info to share? ok! now it lists rockwell micro-architecture due to be launched in 2014. has amd got anything to tackle it? any news or something like that? does anyone has any info about the sockets, the successor would use?
J
Joker
Guest
it will get tackled if bulldozer wins else amd always have fusion.
Intel couldnt tackle amd from 2000 to 2006. amd couldnt tackle intel from 2006 to now. intel's time is up.
Intel couldnt tackle amd from 2000 to 2006. amd couldnt tackle intel from 2006 to now. intel's time is up.
tkin
Back to school!!
Fat chance there, intel spends as much in R&D which AMD earns in an year or so, Ivy Bridge will be 20% faster than Sandy due to die shrink, intel already has 22nm production chips(will show Ivy in computex this year), amd is stuck at 45nm, global foundries 32nm will come at 2012/2013, by that time intel will have gone to 16nm or so, BD will be good but I doubt core vs core BD will be faster than sandy, amd will try to go for the win via 8 cores or so but then again intel will just lower prices and make 6 cores processors(core i7 970 etc)it will get tackled if bulldozer wins else amd always have fusion.
Intel couldnt tackle amd from 2000 to 2006. amd couldnt tackle intel from 2006 to now. intel's time is up.
vickybat
I am the night...I am...
it will get tackled if bulldozer wins else amd always have fusion.
Intel couldnt tackle amd from 2000 to 2006. amd couldnt tackle intel from 2006 to now. intel's time is up.
Stop being a fanboy. Tkin is right. Do you have any idea about intel's revenue?
Amd is an underdog and we will be delighted if it pulls out a win and repeat the performance of amd64.
But sandy (socket 2011) and ivy will be mighty fast and you have already seen what it can do with its entry level to midrange 1155 cpu's. Bulldozer has to be very very good if it wants to pull of a win.
LLano is in immense pressure now because sandybridge notebooks with nvidia 5 series gpu's are out at a terrific price of 38k. They will also be paired with amd 6 series gpu's at even lower prices. Fusion is already under pressure.
Check the new lenovo z570.
Gaurav Bhattacharjee
Tensor
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coderunknown
Retired Forum Mod
^^ hahaha. it was coming. but X79. wheres X68 & X69? skipped like Nvidia?
Gaurav Bhattacharjee
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sukesh1090
Adam young
guys, i think if bulldozer performs as expected then Intel will be in danger because who cares about the power consumption,heat and technology that is it 45nm or 16nm.for most of the people the thing they look at is performance and how many people know about these things.that's the reason bcoz of which Intel rules even in low price processors as people prefer Pentium dual core than amd phenom though it gives better performance than pd almost at same price,only thing they look at is Intel logo on it.
btw i don't think amd will sit calmly until 2014 by releasing bulldozer in 2011.they will surely do something, but still we have to wait and watch what bulldozer can do???
btw i don't think amd will sit calmly until 2014 by releasing bulldozer in 2011.they will surely do something, but still we have to wait and watch what bulldozer can do???
lordirecto
In the zone
One thing that Intel is not looking at is the price point. Even though the production cost of processors are less, Intel wants to make as much money as possible. This only gives room for AMD to grow and make use of Intel's drawbacks.
If Intel could reduce their money spent of advertisements, they can lower the prices of all proccessors and chipsets to such an extent that AMD will not be able to compete with Intel anymore.
Imagine the sales that Intel can generate by reducing prices in markets like India. People will jump to the next level of computing, enthusiast PCs will become common, main stream PCs will become the default configs for households.
But I highly doubt such a thing will ever happen, as Intel has always been blind as far as prices are concerned.
If Intel could reduce their money spent of advertisements, they can lower the prices of all proccessors and chipsets to such an extent that AMD will not be able to compete with Intel anymore.
Imagine the sales that Intel can generate by reducing prices in markets like India. People will jump to the next level of computing, enthusiast PCs will become common, main stream PCs will become the default configs for households.
But I highly doubt such a thing will ever happen, as Intel has always been blind as far as prices are concerned.
sukesh1090
Adam young
Intel dominated the world of processor and still doing it.until and unless amd won't give it a strong punch it won't reduce the price.i think if amd wasn't there Intel would have priced pentium dual core and core 2 duo processor to10-12k and atom to 6-8k
.they never would have been as creative as today because of lack of competition.
.they never would have been as creative as today because of lack of competition.