smduff Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 Image Confirmed by Intel We were told that Intel's Nehalem, the CPU that we know as Core i7 has TLB. TLB, three letters that have destroyed the sales of Phenom and Opterons based on 65nm K10 cores, stands for Translation Lookaside Buffer, and Intel officialy states in its Intel Core i7 Processor, Extreme Edition Series and Intel Core i7 Processor - Specification Update PDF, that the CPU has a TLB bug. If you open Intel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 anyone confirm this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krieg1337 Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 I told you people not to buy the I7's, first of all no performance boost, and now this. Wait for the 32nm I7's next year in the Summer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robAP Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 (edited) its popping up all over on news and review sites not just forums. looks like BIOS revisions to correct....the BIOS updates were issued 11-14-08, so that means it was updated before the i7 hit the shelves right? so it looks like the fixes are bios and software related. nothing to really worry about i wouldnt think. Edited December 1, 2008 by robAP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smduff Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 its popping up all over on news and review sites not just forums.looks like BIOS revisions to correct....the BIOS updates were issued 11-14-08, so that means it was updated before the i7 hit the shelves right? so it looks like the fixes are bios and software related. nothing to really worry about i wouldnt think. Thats what they said about the k10 and look what happened there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robAP Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 different chip, different company. wait and see what happens. i'm not gonna go running around with a match lit in my hand shouting "i'm on fire!" until i'm fully engulfed in flames. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 yes... don't run around with your arm on fire... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Inner_Fred Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 yes... don't run around with your arm on fire... Lolz! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robAP Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 yes... don't run around with your arm on fire... see. only his arm. hes not engulfed in flames yet, and its been a few years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 i like your copy and paste smduff but i really don't get what the bug is. something about issues of writing of the same L3 cache? Nehalem also has a TLB bug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magel Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 Image Confirmed by Intel We were told that Intel's Nehalem, the CPU that we know as Core i7 has TLB. TLB, three letters that have destroyed the sales of Phenom and Opterons based on 65nm K10 cores, stands for Translation Lookaside Buffer, and Intel officialy states in its Intel Core i7 Processor, Extreme Edition Series and Intel Core i7 Processor - Specification Update PDF, that the CPU has a TLB bug. If you open Intel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 It's quite amusing that a similar error would pop up like this. Who knew virtual memory could be such a pain? Of course, the OS/chipset manages the TLB, so it's relatively easy to fix. The K10 bug was bad because it was an actual hardware error. I bet Intel just isn't keeping within specs on the i7. Quick question - does anyone know what the TLB does without actually Googling it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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