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It's not so the partner can test/validate the cpu, it's so the partners can test/validate their designs using the cpu. i.e. It's hard to test/validate a laptop
by mbell 7y ago
It's not so the partner can test/validate the cpu, it's so the partners can test/validate their designs using the cpu. i.e. It's hard to test/validate a laptop design if no CPUs exist that work with it.
- colejohnson66 7y agoBut why build a laptop with that CPU if there’s none of it available?
- anticensor 7y agoThermal validation. It is easier to test in a laptop as it has a limited thermal flux.
- JohnFen 7y agoThey would be betting that by the time they're ready to go to market, the CPUs to support it will exist.
- tedunangst 7y agoI'd say it's equally hard to validate a laptop design if all the CPUs are hidden away in some stockpile.
- mbell 7y agoThey are stockpiling working chips to prepare to send them to the OEMs for verification. Intel probably has to send out tens of thousands of CPUs for this, every OEM is going to want hundreds to verify their systems before they start mass production. It's an indicator that Intel thinks they have worked out the major yield issues and is preparing for production runs.