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Intel may ship dual-core Sandy Bridge CPUs on Feb 20

by Kelly Hodgkins Feb 8th 2011 at 12:30PM

Intel confirmed on Monday that the dual-core version of its Sandy Bridge processor will begin to ship on February 20. Early last week, Intel disclosed the existence of a flaw in the SATA chipset for its second-generation Core i5 and Core i7 processors. Over time, this flaw would degrade the performance of both internal DVD and hard drives.

Intel developed a fix for this hardware issue and began production of a new and improved chipset. Originally, Intel projected these updated chips would be available in mid-March, prompting speculation that this delay would alter the availability of Apple's 2011 MacBook Pro lineup.

With the possibility of a February availability date, computer manufacturers like Apple may not be affected by this flaw, and their 2011 inventory may roll out as planned. This is good news for Apple customers hoping to score a brand new MacBook Pro. That rumored March 11 date is now looking a bit more promising.

[Via MacRumors]

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Jim

From someone who doesn't know much about these kind of things, I was planning on buying a computer with the new processor when they were recalled. Am I safe in buying one when they return on the market shortly, or might there be other "glitches" and recalls with this "new" system like there are sometimes with other types of equipment. I want something up to date because I don't buy a new computer very often. Thanks

February 09 2011 at 10:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Cowfodder

Only the P67 chipset is affected. This chipset is only used in full ATX motherboards, not the mini-atx usually found in laptops.

February 08 2011 at 4:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Yonzie

Hang on.
Intel are saying that dual-core Sandy Bridge CPUs will ship on feb. 20th.
They are not talking about chipsets. They are still slated for March.

February 08 2011 at 1:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
LinksAwakener

Whoa wait a minute, hold up. How would this NOT affect Apple MacBook Pros? Even swaying to the thus far uncredited rumor of Apple ditching the DVD drive, they won't be going with exclusive solid state memory. If they go with solid state for MBP, they'll ALSO include a secondary, disc-based storage because the price-per-gigabyte ratio is nowhere near good enough to put in more than 500GB of storage. And the common MBP user will need at LEAST 500GB.

February 08 2011 at 12:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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