Intel Caught Cheating, Gets a Slap on the Wrist 14 Years Later

[sTizzl]

http://wccftech.com/intel-settles-15-year-class-action-lawsuit-faking-benchmarks/

 

 

 

It’s a bit sad, almost funny when you read news like this. Intel has evidently fabricated benchmarks for their Pentium 4 processors back in 2000. The benchmarks were set against AMD’s Thunderbird at the time. According to the official site of the class action lawsuit Intel is expected to pay $15. This payment will out go to each person who completed a purchase of a Pentium 4 processor between November 20th of 2000 and December 31st of 2001.

 

 

This lawsuit is about whether Intel manipulated Pentium 4 performance scores in violation of California’s Unfair Competition Law. The lawsuit also addresses whether Hewlett-Packard (“HP”) knew about and substantially assisted Intel in manipulating the Pentium 4’s performance scores.

The Plaintiffs allege that Intel manipulated the performance benchmark scores for its first-generation Pentium 4 processors and that HP aided and abetted Intel’s allegedly unlawful conduct. Intel and HP deny any liability and all claims of misconduct and Intel contends that the performance benchmarks challenged by Plaintiffs fairly measured the performance of the Pentium 4 processor.

 

 

Seriously? and i thought Intel was reputable back then, i sure hope they aren't still attempting to pull these kind of shenanigans!

 

And this really makes me wonder what these companies like intel nvidia and amd can really do to get inflated benchmark numbers.

[Guest Kloaked]

@Askew

 

 

 

Oh....  /cri

[AMICLG]

WFCC.... GTFO :angry: .

[sTizzl]

sorry... this a bad source?

[TheSLSAMG]

As much as everyone bashes WCCF, quite a bit of the stuff on there (but not all) turns out to be true.

[Kevinkt]

As much as everyone bashes WCCF, quite a bit of the stuff on there (but not all) turns out to be true.

i think Linus bashed it once and now everyone does. pretty much whatever Linus says people will blindly follow here.

[sTizzl]

i think Linus bashed it once and now everyone does. pretty much whatever Linus says people will blindly follow here.

 

ya notice my low post count? ive been a subscriber since original cameraman yet get bashed every time a come here by trolls.

 

you guys need to take in what other people say and come out with your own opinions rather than just spouting what other people say.

[Jerakl]

i think Linus bashed it once and now everyone does. pretty much whatever Linus says people will blindly follow here.

Ok, now I see why everyone dislikes it....

 

 

What idiots.

 

As much as everyone bashes WCCF, quite a bit of the stuff on there (but not all) turns out to be true.

I don't really see the reason, all sites post things that turn out to be false at least once.

[Mooshi]

WCCF to Linus Tech Tips is what Kotaku is to gamers. I'll leave it at that.

[OriginalPromise]

 

Hello... :mellow:

 

Please stop posting WFCC crap.

 

WFCC.... GTFO :angry: .

 

Honestly speaking.. 

What's WFCC? 

World Federation for Culture Collection?

World Fish Carving Conservation?

Wells Fargo Conference Center?

West Frankfort Coal Company?

West Florida Canoe Club?

 

I give up..

 

EDIT: OH IT'S THE SOURCE

I FELL SO STUPID

EDIT:2 FUCK I SPELT FEEL* WRONG

[Sharkyx1]

nobody should be mad when wccf is used as a source when the story is true

[MbV93]

i think Linus bashed it once and now everyone does. pretty much whatever Linus says people will blindly follow here.

 

OMG a forum member with his own mind. Brother!

[snowComet]

I believe it has been posted already...

let me check...

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/242131-theregister-intel-pentium-4-class-action-lawsuit-settlement/

[Tech_Dreamer]

you guys need to take in what other people say and come out with your own opinions rather than just spouting what other people say.

 

You're right you know, in all honesty,

 

the site has had rumors that came out wrong but they do provide beneficial rumors & have come out with real slides of upcoming products that were pure source , But i think too many writers now a days just add up things to spice it all up that's where it got frustrating for so many users, it's a mixed batch so that's the situation that causes all the fuss.. it's been over a year i think WCCF posts been disregarded/ignored by many, i don't even bother to post because i know 80-90% rep will be trolling on the source not the report itself, Just ignore it that's all i'm saying (the troll that is)

[patrickjp93]

This is a repost. I'm on my phone but go into the first 3 pages of tech news and reviews. Furthermore, who cares?! AMD inflated their own benches and you didn't see Intel suing over it. This is as much a non-story as Cinebench running less optimized code on AMD CPUs because of a CPU-ID String check in the Intel c compiler. Why even try to compile code for the competition's chips if you can't guarantee instructions were optimized the same way, or even exist? But of course AMD was butthurt, sued, and lost.

[WolfDeville]

I believe it has been posted already...

let me check...

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/242131-theregister-intel-pentium-4-class-action-lawsuit-settlement/

and it is locked for some reason... 

[dalekphalm]

I believe it has been posted already...

let me check...

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/242131-theregister-intel-pentium-4-class-action-lawsuit-settlement/

 

 

This is a repost. I'm on my phone but go into the first 3 pages of tech news and reviews. Furthermore, who cares?! AMD inflated their own benches and you didn't see Intel suing over it. This is as much a non-story as Cinebench running less optimized code on AMD CPUs because of a CPU-ID String check in the Intel c compiler. Why even try to compile code for the competition's chips if you can't guarantee instructions were optimized the same way, or even exist? But of course AMD was butthurt, sued, and lost.

 

The original topic is locked, so may as well continue discussion here, unless Mods say otherwise.

 

Unfortunately, this can be the nature of the US court system. It can sometimes take years before anything is decided. Yeah the incident happened 14 years ago, but the verdict is still news.

[BookerDeWitt]

This is a repost. I'm on my phone but go into the first 3 pages of tech news and reviews. Furthermore, who cares?! AMD inflated their own benches and you didn't see Intel suing over it. This is as much a non-story as Cinebench running less optimized code on AMD CPUs because of a CPU-ID String check in the Intel c compiler. Why even try to compile code for the competition's chips if you can't guarantee instructions were optimized the same way, or even exist? But of course AMD was butthurt, sued, and lost.

Yes, let criminals get away with crimes because it's so inconvenient to go after them.

[Deli]

My first PC has a Pentium 4  2.66GHz in it.......damn. I still have the clip sitting on my table.

[Nineshadow]

AMD's still cheating...

http://www.geeks3d.com/20100916/fp16-demotion-a-trick-used-by-ati-to-boost-benchmark-score-says-nvidia/

[brownninja97]

Bloody hell, can we just ban wccf already

[Nineshadow]

Bloody hell, can we just ban wccf already

Yeah...

 

My question is...what kind of judge would make them pay after 14 years???And why now? O_o

[kuddlesworth9419]

Intel doesn't need to fabricate benchmarks anymore because AMD gave up.

[cesrai]

Intel doesn't need to fabricate benchmarks anymore because AMD gave up.

 

*cough* cinebench *cough* 

Not going to argue so don't quote me

[kuddlesworth9419]

*cough* cinebench *cough* 

Not going to argue so don't quote me

Cinebench is a benchmark.