From the Dark Side 2--Pentium III System Flaw

1999–2004May 11, 2000Paul MartinDark Side
may cost Intel hundreds of millions of dollars to replace motherboards and RAM according to this CNet article. The memory translation hub chip inside cheaper Pentium III systems not using the newer, more expensive Rambus memory does not work correctly. [Paul Martin]

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