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Puget Systems' Perspective on Intel CPU Instability Issues

You may have heard about instability issues with Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors. The issue has been gaining more attention as time goes on. I am posting to share what we've experienced here at Puget Systems, and what we're doing about it.

Last week, Intel posted an official statement, in which they shared that elevated voltage requests to the processor was a significant factor, and that a microcode patch would be delivered once validated, with mid-August as the target release date. We’ve even developed our own suite of PugetBench Benchmarks, whose goal is to test real-world scenarios, guided by years of experience and learning through our customers and partners. Based on this information, we are definitely experiencing CPU failures higher than our historical average, especially with 14th Gen. We have enough data to know that we don’t have an acute problem on the horizon with 13th Gen — it is more of a slow burn.

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