Revised Intel 6 Series Chipset Coming Out Mid-Month – B3 Steppings Already!

On January 31, 2011, Intel disclosed a design issue with a support chip, the Intel 6 Series Chipset that has the potential to impact certain PC system configurations. Intel subsequently initiated extensive discussions with computer makers about this topic. Both Intel and its customers are focused on delivering the highest quality PC systems based on Intel 2nd Generation Core Processors. As a result of these discussions and specific requests from computer makers, Intel is resuming shipments of the Intel 6 Series Chipset for use only in PC system configurations that are not impacted by the design issue. That is nice, but the interesting nugget in this press release is that Intel plans on shipping the revised chipset in the middle of February! That is great news for motherboard makers and consumers! Intel is always working on the next stepping, so we can only assume it wasn’t too hard to fix and a new revision was due out shortly anyway!