Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression Failures

Re:Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression F... by lupusreal on Friday February 23, 2024 @06:01AM (#39479175)

> At least 3 motherboard vendors are affected

Boss says, "Do the thing." Engineer says, "The thing is out of spec!" Boss says, "Competitor is doing the thing already and it works." Engineer does the thing.

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Re:Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression F... by eqvinox on Friday February 23, 2024 @07:57AM (#39479986)

Yes, but also no. The motherboard market is "timing-competitive", your product needs to be ready when the CPU launches, especially for the kind of flagship CPU that this specific issue is about. You can't wait and see what the competitors are doing.

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Re:Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression F... by lupusreal on Friday February 23, 2024 @09:33AM (#39481001)

Fair point. Maybe "This sort of thing worked fine in the past."

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Re:Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression F... by crote on Friday February 23, 2024 @01:55PM (#39484701)

Or perhaps they're all copying from the same reference design?

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