Intel recalls new product

Intel recalls new product

JAKARTA (JP): U.S.-based computer software developer Intel
Indonesia Corporation said on Friday the withdrawal of its newly
launched 1.13 GHz Pentium III processor from the market had not
caused a large financial loss.

Company marketing manager Thommas Tansil said the impact was
minimal because hardly any of the processors, which were launched
in overseas markets at the end of July, had entered Indonesia.

Most of the processors were sold in the U.S., he said,
declining to disclose the production volume of the troubled
processors or the number of products withdrawn.

He said customers who bought the processors had been asked to
return them for a cash refund or exchange them for another
products.

Intel Corporation began withdrawing the processors, which sold
for US$990 in 1,000-unit quantities, earlier this week after an
overheating problem occurred in the processor during trials held
after it was launched.

"This is not a product failure. There was no problem found
during the development process. But we later found that the
processor overheated when used at temperatures exceeding the
designated level," he said, adding that Intel would fix the
processors and put them back on sale in the next couple of
months. (cst)