3-year warranty, not all customers are going to bother with an RMA exchange, a lot customers will make it the 3 years since the patch prevent further damage, an

3-year warranty, not all customers are going to bother with an RMA exchange, a lot customers will make it the 3 years since the patch prevent further damage, an exchange costs Intel whatever manufacturing one more of the same old cpu costs, plus bulk shipping cost and overseas customer service agent hours. It's expensive but I don't know how high up it will be on the balance sheets after it's all said and done.