Het gedonder met de Intel IDs bereikt z'n climax: alle 0,25micron Intel chips blijken een serial number te hebben! Die dingen zitten er dus al maanden op. Zie deze info uit een nieuwsbericht bij The Register:
An architect who currently works for Intel US has now confirmed what we were beginning to suspect all along -- every .25 micron Intel chip has the personal serial number (PSN).The chip designer, who revealed the news under strict conditions of anyonymity, said: "Any .25 micron core including the PII, all Celerons and all current Xeons have had serialisation ever since .25 micron technology started."
This means that Intel is and was shipping products with the serialisation number switched off.