Doctor Feelgood
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 Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:33:26 Post Subject: AMD Phenom, Barcelona Chips Hit by Lock-up Bug |
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| Quote: | Advanced Micro Devices has confirmed a bug that can cause its new Phenom and existing Barcelona processors to lock up.
Specifically, AMD has found a bug in the translation-lookaside buffer, which can impact some of AMD's quad-core chips. AMD will rework both chips and provide a new stepping, sources said, but in the meantime motherboard manufacturers are being asked to distribute a BIOS patch that, unfortunately, reportedly cuts performance by about 10 percent. |
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2229147,00.asp
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