So what exactly have they done inside and what will be the consequences?
Has anyone any idea what exactly have Intel done here? It sounds like a horrible frig.
It sure looks like some kind of cheapest / least effort fix. I wonder what the time / cost implications were to doing it properly?
Which raises the question "What's the expected time to failure now, Intel?"
And, assuming the brute isn't soldered in, "May I have my replacement chip now, please?"
In reality, I presume in almost all cases it will be, so it will be down to the device manufacturers.
So its not likely to be "We'd like n new chips, please." Rather "ARRRAGH - you barstewards - you've borked the pinouts. We'll need n new boards as well"
I suspect Intel'll have to cut some *very* good deals to keep their customers sweet, let alone keep 'em at all long term.
Diddums.