So they got all that money from Uncle Sam’s CHIPS Act only to lay off 10,000 employees and make themselves “lean”. Govt funded unemployment.

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    24010 months ago

    Prepping for all those spicy class action lawsuits coming their way.

      • @H4mi@lemm.ee
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        A bug or whatever in their 13’th and 14’th gen CPU’s makes them slowly but permanently degrade and cause crashes. Intel have not been handling the issue as you would hope since the discovery. Denying, downplaying, refusing a recall, refusing extended warranties, the lot. Now the lawsuits are cooking.

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        IIRC they sold and shipped 2 generations of CPUs that were essentially defective and unrepairable.

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        They sold fairy high end processors. They took like 3 months to fix the issue. Processors that were damaged will remain damaged. I think Intel will replace them though.

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          This saga has moved fast so I don’t blame you, just an FYI Intel has issued a statement saying the microcode update “will” fix all affected CPUs (it won’t, because the damage is physical) and will not be issuing a recall.

          We are witnessing one of the more obvious end-game states of capitalism. Intel continues to state they don’t give a single shit about this issue, and will not do anything about it.

          The corporate nihilism will continue until the collapse. More and more companies will act like this because why does anything matter when we can profit more today?

          • @Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz
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            310 months ago

            What’s the alternative to Intel for a home PC? After getting caught up on this, I won’t be ever buying one again.

            • the_weez
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              AMD. Maybe Qualcomm in the near future. AMD Ryzen chips are pretty damn good.

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                  I want an arm laptop for work. I almost always use web apps or SSH or RDP. I don’t need or want a lot of power in my laptop, but fanless and big battery life sounds great.

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                    You essentially just described a Chromebook…

                    I get it. I want a Chromebook too. Just not one that has anything to do with Google.

                    Gimme a “Chromebook” that runs an atomic Linux distro out of the box.