Intel warns Broadwell processors will be delayed

[RyanTH98]

Chipmaker Intel published its third quarter financial results last night showing that profits were down slightly on the same period last year. The part of the business providing chips for desktops and laptops saw a fall in sales of 3.5 per cent, however that drop was cushioned by record sales for Intel's data centre business which were up 12 per cent. Intel also took this opportunity to inform us that, due to "technical setbacks," preparations for the production of its 14nm Broadwell chips will be delayed by about three months.

 

"The third quarter came in as expected, with modest growth in a tough environment," said Intel CEO Brian Krzanich."We're executing on our strategy to offer an increasingly broad and diverse product portfolio that spans key growth segments, operating systems and form factors. Since August we have introduced more than 40 new products for market segments from the Internet-of-Things to datacenters, with an increasing focus on ultra-mobile devices and 2 in 1 systems."

 

Krzanich told investors in a conference call following the results publication about Intel's "strong desire to get Broadwell to the market," however he had to tell them about "a small blip in the schedule". The Intel CEO added that "We're not happy with the one-quarter push but it does point to how difficult these problems are to solve.

 

 

What do you guys think about Broadwell being delayed?

 

Article Link: http://hexus.net/business/news/components/61289-intel-warns-broadwell-processors-will-delayed/

[SSOB]

Couldn't care less

[dalekphalm]

Good? I mean, it sucks that they ran into technical issues, but at least there is a better chance that the product will be strong once it ships. Could be much worse if they tried to rush and make the deadline, while not fixing all the technical issues.

[chromeboy42]

3 months isn't that long and I am not due for a CPU upgrade till skylake or later (don't know what my needs will be down the road) so it doesn't affect me

[CatCloud]

Agree with SSOB, its nothing special anyway aside from that 30% something less power consumption, my eyes and ears are on the Extreme Cpus right now.

[orangecat]

I wonder if they actually had problems with the chip or if there was something they are waiting for...

[Youbetternot]

Already posted please use search function or google https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/66004-intel-delays-broadwell-chips-to-early-2014-due-to-production-yield-problems/

[Glenwing]

Already posted.  Typing "Intel" into the search bar would have brought it up.