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    Final Stepping

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by m8o, Mar 18, 2011.

  1. m8o

    m8o Notebook Evangelist

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    I recently came to learn of "Stepping" of Engineering/Qualification Samples. I realize now Stepping gets its own field in CPU-Z. I never paid it any mind.

    Here's the thing. While there's numerous mentions of "stepping" and "final stepping" all over this forum and the innerwebz, putting "final stepping" plus QA or EC or "Engineering Sample" or "Qualification Sample" into the google machine doesn't tell me how to discover what a final stepping of a CPU generation is.

    So how does one come to learn what the final stepping for an i7 920xm or 940xm is? :confused:

    -thanx!
     
    m8o, Mar 18, 2011
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    ettornio Notebook Deity

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    m8o Notebook Evangelist

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    Ah, the enigmatic 'Step' laid bare! +rep to you my friend. much thanx!
     
    m8o, Mar 18, 2011
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