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There is no indication it’s a broad manufacturing problem. It was contamination on Intel 7 that happened in 2023 and was resolved, and is not responsible for th

• adgjlsfhk1 2y ago
  I think the real issue with the manufacturing problem is that Intel never said in 2023 "hey everyone, we had a manufacturing problem that affects all intel 13th gen cpus up until day X. We are offering RMAs for all affected units". As such, over a year later, no one outside of Intel knows exactly whether their chips are having instability due to this.
  • paulmd 2y ago
    No tech company is going to announce every single wafer that’s ever been etched and reworked or has some random process problem that causes a discard or a batch failure. It happens constantly, 10-20% of chips being rejects or salvages is a good outcome.
    • adgjlsfhk1 2y ago
      they don't need to announce it if they are rejects, but if you ship those chips out to customers (which they did), you then need to
      • paulmd 2y ago
        not if they meet spec/are fit for sale, no. obviously that’s not the case here, but as a rule yeah, your cpu could have been reworked or something and it’s not normal for any brand to tell you that.