Intel 6-series B3 stepping to ship on Monday

Posted on Friday, February 11 2011 @ 19:22 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Intel announced the B3 stepping of its 6-series chipsets will start shipping on February 14th:

Description of Change to the Customer:
Intel is initiating an B2 to B3 stepping conversion for the Intel ® 6 Express Chipsets and Intel ® C200 Series Chipsets where products will undergo the following changes:

New S-specs and MM numbers for the converting products
Revision ID will change from 04h to 05h
BIOS Update (Revision 1.1.4 of the BIOS Specification Update and Reference Code)
B3 stepping package is pin compatible with B2 stepping package
Minor metal layer change from B2 to B3 improving lifetime wear out with no changes to functionality or design specifications

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