New Intel Core 2 stepping is on the way

jmke · 25th August 2006, 16:20

The significant thing is that Intel takes some of the bugs seriously enough to go through the process of a full stepping to quash them, quite the expensive endeavor. I guess when you pull in a product by 3+ months, you pay the price, and this is the price. End users will probably see all of no difference

25th August 2006, 16:40

Hmm, so will they be a "Revision B2 Stepping 7", or infact a "Revision B3 Stepping 7"? It is/was reported that the minor change from the ES B1 Stepping 5s to the retail B2 Stepping 6s caused quite a few broken BIOSs for the 965P boards...

25th August 2006, 17:44

I think it might be a stepping to kill the overclocks.

25th August 2006, 16:20	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	New Intel Core 2 stepping is on the way The significant thing is that Intel takes some of the bugs seriously enough to go through the process of a full stepping to quash them, quite the expensive endeavor. I guess when you pull in a product by 3+ months, you pay the price, and this is the price. End users will probably see all of no difference __________________

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25th August 2006, 16:40	#2
Kougar Posts: n/a	Hmm, so will they be a "Revision B2 Stepping 7", or infact a "Revision B3 Stepping 7"? It is/was reported that the minor change from the ES B1 Stepping 5s to the retail B2 Stepping 6s caused quite a few broken BIOSs for the 965P boards...

25th August 2006, 17:44	#3
Rutar Posts: n/a	I think it might be a stepping to kill the overclocks.