OK, if you run the chip extra hot, and do certain things in a certain order, a few of the 10 million transistors on the chip intermittently fail. Intel missed it in their initial tests (it is impossible to test every state of the chip under all conditions). As soon as they were shown the problem (OK, and convinced themselves it was a problem) they did the right thing -- recalled all the chips out there. This is a fuck up? As far as I can see, this is being a reasonable manufacturer.
One of the reasons for sending out the evaluation chips in the first place is for just this -- more eyeballs on the things. Like the bazaar for programming, bunky. The more people trying out the hardware, the more likely a subtle problem will show up. Intel should be congratulated.
Now if it were Microsoft, if you were lucky there would be a note on the web somewhere, and they would be happy to sell you the next release to fix your problem, but they certainly won't take their software back and send you a fixed replacement.
In a crude sense, the bigger the size (huge with an array) the finer the resolution (think pizels). But the bigger the actual receiving area (actual metal the signal hits), the smaller the signal you can receive. It's a tradeoff. You spend money to get more of what you don't have.
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OK, if you run the chip extra hot, and do certain things in a certain order, a few of the 10 million transistors on the chip intermittently fail. Intel missed it in their initial tests (it is impossible to test every state of the chip under all conditions). As soon as they were shown the problem (OK, and convinced themselves it was a problem) they did the right thing -- recalled all the chips out there. This is a fuck up? As far as I can see, this is being a reasonable manufacturer.
One of the reasons for sending out the evaluation chips in the first place is for just this -- more eyeballs on the things. Like the bazaar for programming, bunky. The more people trying out the hardware, the more likely a subtle problem will show up. Intel should be congratulated.
Now if it were Microsoft, if you were lucky there would be a note on the web somewhere, and they would be happy to sell you the next release to fix your problem, but they certainly won't take their software back and send you a fixed replacement.
Ahhh... Flame off.
In a crude sense, the bigger the size (huge with an array) the finer the resolution (think pizels). But the bigger the actual receiving area (actual metal the signal hits), the smaller the signal you can receive. It's a tradeoff. You spend money to get more of what you don't have.