Cisco and Synology would have problems in routers and NAS that have Intel Atom C2000 Series processors, as these chips mysteriously stop working after a certain time.
Cisco or Synology routers have started to crash after working fine for a while, with no apparent explanation. Cisco or Synology are not the only ones who have seen their devices begin to die with no apparent explanation, there are many more router and NAS companies that have detected problems. The source of the problem lies in Intel specifically the Intel Atom C2000 processors, very low-power processors, ideal for these embedded systems, which with a discrete processor can work very well.
The Intel Atom C2000 points to be the problem. Intel does not want to admit that there is a plausible relationship between the death of these computers and their processors, although it has recognized that these chips have a problem. Apparently these Atom C2000 have a very important durability problem, breaking after a certain time, leaving the equipment completely out of service.
During the presentation of the accounts, Intel had already revealed that there was a problem in one of the products, which had forced the company to reserve a certain amount of funds, to solve this problem, but without offering more information. The medium The Register, sees a curious coincidence between the announcement of the Intel fund and the Cisco statement, where it warned of a security problem in routers, switches and other network management devices, which had a 'clock with failures likely to fail with remarkable rates after 18 months of operation. '
It is not pointed directly at the Intel processor, it is simply stated in the note that 'the system could experience an inability to boot or could stop being operational', in addition to adding that the Low Pin Count bus could stop working permanently. Cisco makes it clear that if this failure appears it would cause 'the system to stop working, not start and not recoverable'.
The Register has tried to confirm whether there is a relationship between the failure of the products of both companies and Intel processors, but for now the companies have not wanted to deny or confirm this information. Intel for its part has published the list of defective chips: Intel Atom C2308, C2338, C2350, C2358, C2508, C2518, C2530, C2538, C2550, C2558, C2718, C2730, C2738, C2750, and C2758.
Those individuals or companies that have a router, NAS or other Cisco or Synology products should look at the model of their products and see its characteristics on the official page of both brands, if they have these processors and open a ticket as soon as possible , so that they offer them a solution. They are not the only manufacturers that could have problems, Linksys, Seagate or Avantronix can also be affected by failures in these processors, although there is no data from these companies, at the moment.
Source: theregister
