Intel issue might be a fabrication level defect, something to do with oxidation

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gTeubeCIwRw

>I boughted a 13700k last November :marseycry:

>It has never been more over


Leaks

  • leaker at "Intel Customer" timestamp

    • Over 8 million 13th gen CPUs possibly affected

    • Actual failure rate of 10%-25%

    • No information on 14th gen products

  • Other leaker timestamp

    • Expected to affect units from March of 2023 through April 2024

    • Infos

      • Fabrication issue where anti-oxidation coating is improperly applied

      • Intel working on microcode to decrease frequency, will not fix root cause but might work around it

  • Leaker 3 timestamp

    • Reducing max frequency for boosting was able to work around the issue?

    • Documents saying customer is purging its inventory as a result of issues

  • Allegedly leaked documents timestamp

    • Change to officially supported ram speeds DDR5-5600 reduced to DDR5-4800 ignoring XMP
  • List of affected customers includes hedgies? timestamp

  • Intel claims 0.035% failure rate in messages with OEMS timestamp

    • "This is in conflict with the OEM we spoke with which said 25%-50% failure rate" :marseyxd:
  • Leaker - "Either Intel is lying to us or they don't know the real failure rate. Until last month, they reported to us that 10% of their [production] was still having the 'oxidation' issue" timestamp

  • Multiple sources - Intel is beginning what it calls "Vendor Remediation" for OEM customers timestamp

  • "Medium-sized system integrator" timestamp

    • "We reduced out [harder to pass] failure requirements because of concerns of degradation. We're currently failing 12% of Intel CPUs during intake QA."

    • QA deets in this - certain tests are failing more often, this is why different companies are failing different %% timestamp

  • OEM source - considering limiting turboclocks to 5.4-5.5GHz to limit RMAs timestamp

  • General Platform Instability + Voltage timestamp

    • Microcode update could fix this?

    • The T series CPU failing doesn't make sense with this since it's low voltage or something

    • Potential memory Speed update timestamp


Root Cause

  • Root Cause according to leaked document timestamp

    • "The root cause of this mechanism is due to a random defect mode in the fabrication process of the Raptor Lake CPU during the via formation steps which could cause high resistance vias due to oxidation"
  • Possibly affected processors timestamp

    • Not copying all these down but even the 13600k(f) and 13700T are hit :marseyxd:

  • Start of Intel's duplicity, some quotes from customers and a quote from a Failure Analysis lab timestamp

    • Some details about ALD and how it works, possible failures that can happen during it
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Do they have any way to identify, like revision stepping?

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17214959121723855.webp

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Just put your CPU in 100% O2 environment and if it dies then you had the problem.

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Nothing yet, there's been some speculation it might only affect CPU's from Intel's :marseyisrael: fab but it's just that, speculation, and I don't know if you can even identify where your CPU came from.

There's no confirmation it's a fabrication issue tbh, some people are adamant it's the voltage that Intel/Mobo makers are pushing into these chips - I don't think it's the culprit but it seems to speed up degradation.

So you can either undervolt and underclock to prolong the lifespan, or RMA it now and baby it from then, or wait to see how the whole thing develops and RMA it later.

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>Intel jewish CPUs weak to gas

:#marseysmug2:

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I was watching the video yesterday, at some point he posts a list of the most impacted SKUs

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I don't think I've seen any mentioned. There were specific types of tests mentioned at around the 22:30 mark that are detecting failures more often but they probably accelerate the issue into existence on a previously functional CPU if the idea of it oxidizing over time is true which might less than ideal.

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