Major features of Sandy Bridge are an integrated GPU, advanced floating point instructions and a remote kill switch that erases the hard drive via a cellular connection in the event of theft.

Lenovo, HP, Dell, MSI and Samsung have suspended production of systems running Intel's Sandy Bridge platform and offered to compensate customers affected by the Cougar Point design flaw.

Intel is receiving mostly positive feedback for its handling of the Sandy Bridge chipset recall, and a big reason for that may be the chip maker's past missteps in dealing with high-profile design ...

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