Ik zag dat GA-Source een artikeltje heeft gepost over de leveringsproblemen met de nieuwe Coppermine en mobile Pentium III processors. Het probleem zou niet alleen liggen bij de onverwacht hoge vraag (volgens Intel), maar ook bij problemen die te maken hebben met de omschakeling naar het 0,18micron produktieproces:
Gelsinger played down the significance of the shortage. Intel always faces "exciting issues" when it switches to a new manufacturing process, and the problems it is experiencing with the Pentium IIIs are not atypical, Gelsinger said."We need more maturity with the [0.18-micron] process," he admitted.
The executive wouldn't be drawn out on whether Intel is having technical difficulties producing the chips, but said unexpectedly high demand, as well as disruptions caused by the recent earthquakes in Taiwan, contributed to the difficulties.
"Everybody wants more," Gelsinger said. "We are meeting all of our backlog commitments to customers; we can't satisfy all of their upside requests."
