Be interesting to know what kind of failure rates they are seeing. Unfortunately I only see the supply side of this through work, not point of retail or for the most part returns.
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Intel has a Pretty Big Problem..
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Be interesting to know what kind of failure rates they are seeing. Unfortunately I only see the supply side of this through work, not point of retail or for the most part returns.
It doesn't need to be. If the theory about it being primarily between two manufacturing dates in 2023-2024 is true, then all of those 13th & 14th gen CPUs could have been produced as part of the same process.
They started producing 14th gen CPUs way before they launched and they're identical (I mean, the dies are identical) between 13th/14th gen.
if you were a retailer you would certainly want some reassurances from them. Tricky position IMHO.
Since DC customers are getting mixed messages or mixed RMA experience, I wouldn't expect mere retailers being told anything.
Certainly the smaller DC consumers, hyperscalers may have been told more. Who knows, but Intel (and AMD) know that the really big hyperscalers can and will roll their server chips (not just AWS but Microsoft, Facebook, Google, etc. especially since ARM are now moving into the reference designs for server workloads) and until that happens they could easily swap x86 vendor if fobbed off
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The bigger places probably aren't running a lot of 13th/14th gen desktop parts either - where they tend to be used is where single thread performance is paramount, some types of game server hosting, some places use them for mini-render farms for fast preview rendering, etc. for 3D design and video production, etc. I'm open to being wrong as my access to information is limited and from casual conversation rather than having access to people's monitoring systems, etc. but so far no one I've talked to in those kind of businesses is seeing anything like the failure rates some YouTubers are talking of - not even close, though the issue does exist - but more like 3% of systems rather than the 20-100% some are saying.
If the problem is definitely a fabrication/manufacturing issue, then it is possible that certain customers/regions got the bulk of orders at that time. Funnily enough, it seems like (from the GN and L1 videos) that the largest suppliers got the highest number of CPUs, so maybe they were directed toward large orders/OEMs rather than in retail and small suppliers.
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Bigger upgrade projects, etc. will use trayed CPUs which are often all from the same batch. Which may have a bearing on it.
It is entirely possible a smaller number of buyers ended up with the larger number of faulty CPUs if it does turn out to be down to specific batch(es).
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Yeah and then they're replaced by more tray CPUs from Intel, which are again all from the same batch, hence the OEM has to sift through them to find some that actually function properly.
But..., that would suggest Intel didn't realise that the replacement batch was part of the same set of contaminated CPUs
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Intel states mobile 13/14th Gen Core series are not affected by instability issues - VideoCardz.com
Intel claims 13/14th Gen Core mobile CPU are not exposed to instability issues An in-depth internal investigation has shown. Intel has issued a statement to Digital Trends, who followed a story on recent instability issues. Recently, one of the game developers, Matthew Cassells, founder of...
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Waiting this out abit longer till i buy me some shares!
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let the cover up begin
In their statement they say that the issue does not affect mobile CPUs the same way, which strongly implies they know exactly what the problem is on desktop, but are not disclosing it publicly.Intel states mobile 13/14th Gen Core series are not affected by instability issues - VideoCardz.com
Intel claims 13/14th Gen Core mobile CPU are not exposed to instability issues An in-depth internal investigation has shown. Intel has issued a statement to Digital Trends, who followed a story on recent instability issues. Recently, one of the game developers, Matthew Cassells, founder of...
My browser scripts go nuts locking down that site, some silly ad stuff going on with it.
Don't remember wccftech being that bad before.
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They were supposed to be releasing these for awhile (bartlett lake rumours), so I don't think it is related. The E is for embedded, so they're not really intended for regular desktops anyway.
Without them disclosing it, it is making buying anything with an Intel chip risky right now, doesn't seem smart on their part. Though, I suppose starting a recall that will potentially have to replace millions of CPUs might not seem very smart to their bean counters either
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Not noticed anything different here but wccftech seems perfectly readable with no scripting enabled.
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Try not to worry. Enjoy the laptop and cross fingers for now. It may be worry over nothing.
Any replacements not being an actual random sample is certainly one way that figures like 3%*, 20%**, and 50%*** could be reconciled.Yeah and then they're replaced by more tray CPUs from Intel, which are again all from the same batch, hence the OEM has to sift through them to find some that actually function properly.
But..., that would suggest Intel didn't realise that the replacement batch was part of the same set of contaminated CPUs
Problem I see with that theory is, how many non-random samples from each tray batch would Intel support hold?
Only really makes sense if 1st CPU goes, 2nd (from a different batch) also goes bad, 3rd (this time from the same batch as the 2nd) goes bad. That way Intel support only have to send without testing and/or have no clue about how batches tie in with the problem.
* 3% - pretty bad but not end of world)
** 20% - very very bad
*** 50% - wind up the company bad