Quote Originally Posted by JF-AMD View Post
When you get to EVT silicon, now, you are building ~1000 or so units. Could one or two get into the wrong hands? Sure. Do these go outside of the company? Yes.

EVT is generally ~6 months prior to launch. If I am launching in 2011, there is pretty good odds that I am not at EVT level silicon, right? So, IF I had silicon (not confirming or denying), it would be locked away in the highest security internal lab, only a few folks would have access to it, and it would all be accounted for. At that point it is critical that every single piece is either in a system, or a tester, not just laying around. People would notice one missing and it would be a big deal.
only 6 months? there have been leaked samples more than 6 months before the launches in the past... and isnt bulldozer supposed to launch in early 2011 if not end of this year? in that case EVT would have started recently or would be well under way...