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What does engineering sample mean? I could go to Microcenter right now and buy a Core i5 3570K right now if I wanted to. Are they selling engineering samples? T
by Tossrock 15y ago
What does engineering sample mean? I could go to Microcenter right now and buy a Core i5 3570K right now if I wanted to. Are they selling engineering samples? That seems like a somewhat shady move.
- blazingice 15y agoThe first Ivy Bridge consumer chips are just hitting retailers today (NewEgg just put them on sale ten hours ago). All of the experiments done so far have been on review chips sent out some weeks ago.
- latch 15y agoIt means pre-production, or beta. No, Microcenter is not selling engineering samples..the production chips _just_ became available. I suspect we'll see a new round of testing today/tomorrow that'll hopefully shed more light on this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_sample https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_sample