Intel Corp. Liability Litigation
Background
Defendant Intel’s x86-64x CPUs suffer from a security defect, which causes the CPUs to be exposed to troubling security vulnerabilities by allowing potential access to extremely secure kernel data (the “Defect”). The only way to “patch” this vulnerability requires extensive changes to the root levels of the Operating System which will dramatically reduce performance of the CPU. The Defect renders the Intel x86-64x CPUs unfit for their intended use and purpose. The Defect exists in all Intel x86-64x CPUs manufactured since at least 2008. The x86-64x CPU is, and was, utilized in the majority of all desktop, laptop computers, and servers in the United States.
To date, Defendant has been unable or unwilling to repair the Defect or offer Plaintiffs and class members a non-defective Intel CPU or reimbursement for the cost of such CPU and the consequential damages arising from the purchase and use of such CPUs. Indeed, there does not appear to be a true “fix” for the Defect. The security “patch,” while expected to cure the security vulnerabilities, will dramatically degrade the CPU’s performance. Therefore, the only “fix” would be to exchange the defective x86-64x processor with a device containing a processor not subject to this security vulnerability. In essence, Intel x86-64x CPU owners are left with the unappealing choice of either purchasing a new processor or computer containing a CPU that does not contain the Defect, or continuing to use a computer with massive security vulnerabilities or one with significant performance degradation.
The CPUs Defendant manufactured and sold to Plaintiffs and Class members were not merchantable and were not fit for the ordinary and particular purposes for which such goods are used in that the CPUs suffer from a critical security defect, requiring an OS-level software patch that will degrade the performance of the CPU.
Having purchased a CPU that suffers from this Defect, Plaintiffs and class members suffered injury in fact and a loss of money or property as a result of Defendant’s conduct in designing, manufacturing, distributing and selling defective CPUs. Intel has failed to remedy this harm, and has earned and continues to earn substantial profit from selling defective CPUs.
Class
All persons or entities that purchased or leased one or more Intel CPU’s or one or more devices containing an Intel CPU in the United States and its territories since January 1, 2006 to the present.
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