"Oooh, that Smarts!!"

Quoting a line from an old educational video game, Intel really found themselves in the ditch when their prized i Processor line, Sandy Bridge, was struck by a major hardware structural design flaw that threatened to fry any SATA drive running the CPU chipset, forcing a massive recall of all Sandy Bridge chipsets.

Full story below.

On January 5, 2011, Intel discovered a major design flaw in their latest mainstream CPU line, Sandy Bridge. This flaw, as described by Intel themselves, was centered around the interaction of the chip with SATA II ports. According to Intel, this little glitch could potentially fry out any SATA drive attached to said ports at any time.

And so, to fix this, Intel performed one of the most feared acts any company could go through - RECALL. But despite the already widespread usage of these Sandy chips, Intel was able to shrug off disaster and get back in the game with fixed chipsets within a fortnight.

If that ain't Casino Royale, I don't know what is.