Subj : Intel says it has now patched all its buggy Sapphire Rapids chips
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Jul 11 2023 16:15:03

Intel says it has now patched all its buggy Sapphire Rapids chips

Date:
Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:02:16 +0000

Description:
Intel took some Sapphire Rapids chips off the shelves while it worked on a 
bug fix affecting non-commercially available software.

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Anybody looking to buy Intel's 4th-Gen Xeon Scalable processors may have 
noticed a recent pause in shipments as the company looked to address a bug 
that looked to be interrupting system operations. 

The mystery error reportedly affected Sapphire Rapids processors with between 
eight and 32 cores, but the precise reason behind the error remains unclear 
to this day, despite the resumption of shipments once more. 

Intel has since responded with a fix which is available via a firmware update 
to existing customers. The company did not immediately respond to TechRadar 
Pro s request to confirm whether new orders come from the factory with the 
fix installed. Intel Sapphire Rapids patch 

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While details of the error remain sparse, The Register reported that the 
error did not present itself when processors were running commercially 
available software, indicating that only niche applications were problematic 
for Sapphire Rapids. 

An Intel spokesperson told Toms Hardware : We became aware of an issue on a 
subset of 4th Generation Intel Xeon Medium Core Count Processors (SPR-MCC) 
that could interrupt system operation under certain conditions and are 
actively investigating. 

A company spokesperson said about the patch: We are now confident the 
firmware mitigation addresses the issue. We have resumed shipping all 
versions of SPR-MCC and are working with customers to deploy the firmware as 
needed. 

A pause in shipments out of an abundance of caution, which is believed to 
have started in mid-June, has now been lifted, and processors are being 
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