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AMD Reports Potential Heat Problem With Some Opteron Chips: Page 2 of 2

Chipmaker finds a potential heat problem with a small percentage of Opteron chips run under extreme conditions. Some 3,000 processors at customer sites could be affected.
April 29, 2006

Because of the tests, AMD has changed the screening process for rating the two product lines as the chips come off the production line, Taylor said. As a result, some chips that would have been rated with clock speeds of 2.8 MHz in the past would be listed at 2.6 MHz, making them less likely to be used in extreme computing environments.

AMD did not expect the incident to have a material affect on it financial performance, Taylor said.

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