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False Rumor - Intel Core i7 TLB Bug

A rumor was going around today that the Intel Core i7 series of processors have a TLB Errata much like the first AMD Phenom processors did last year. Legit Reviews has contacted Intel about this nasty little rumor today and confirmed that it's nothing to get worked up about and was fixed via a BIOS update way before they were launched. All of our review numbers have the correct BIOS update installed, so there isn't a performance impact or anything like that with the Intel Core i7 series. Go back to Cyber Monday shopping!

The “AAJ1 Clarification of TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFERS” document is a SPEC CLARIFICATION, and is simply a pointer to a previous document written in April 2007. SPEC CLARIFICATION AAJ1 was initially added due to an issue on the Intel® Core 2 Duo processor which was previously corrected with a BIOS update; this issue does not impact the Nehalem Family of CPUs. There are errata on the Intel® Core i7 processor that relate to the TLB. These all relate to improper translations or error reporting, and all of those that impact functionality have been fixed via BIOS updates prior to Core i7 launch.

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Posted by | Mon, Dec 01, 2008 - 04:37 PM