Yes, it is an engineering sample that they released as a test chip of sorts a few months before they released the mainstream version. Typically, they do this with every new CPU that they make.
Yes, it is an engineering sample that they released as a test chip of sorts a few months before they released the mainstream version. Typically, they do this with every new CPU that they make.
Not necessarily, I've seen the same label applied to the company's OEM processors. I even wrote about how Intel was confusing people into thinking their OEM processors were not legit.