Intel håller på Sandy Bridge, MacBook Pro försenad?

Felet som tydligen blir värre med tiden drabbar anslutna SATA-enheter såsom hårddiskar och DVD-enheter.

Intel Corporation has discovered a design issue in a recently released support chip, the Intel® 6 Series, code-named Cougar Point, and has implemented a silicon fix. In some cases, the Serial-ATA (SATA) ports within the chipsets may degrade over time, potentially impacting the performance or functionality of SATA-linked devices such as hard disk drives and DVD-drives. The chipset is utilized in PCs with Intel’s latest Second Generation Intel Core processors, code-named Sandy Bridge. Intel has stopped shipment of the affected support chip from its factories. Intel has corrected the design issue, and has begun manufacturing a new version of the support chip which will resolve the issue. The Sandy Bridge microprocessor is unaffected and no other products are affected by this issue.

Som vi rapporterat tidigare väntas Sandy Bridge att finns i de kommande MacBook Pro och iMac. För Intel blir det nog en kostsam historia att rätta till felet, men som tur är så brukar Apple numera vänta ett tag innan de använder nya processorer just för att upptäcka sådana här lanseringsproblem.