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> Except their bottom line. Anyone remember the cost to Intel for their faulty FPU in the P5? I don't think that's as big of an issue with modern processors:
by gherkin0 11y ago
> Except their bottom line. Anyone remember the cost to Intel for their faulty FPU in the P5?
I don't think that's as big of an issue with modern processors:
https://wiki.debian.org/Microcode https://wiki.debian.org/Microcode:
> Processors from Intel and AMD may need updates to their microcode to operate correctly. These updates fix bugs/errata that can cause anything from incorrect processing, to code and data corruption, and system lockups.
- gsnedders 11y agoOh, there's still plenty of things beneath that level that can go wrong. Just look at Intel disabling HTM (through microcode, admittedly, but disabling a whole feature isn't fixing it to operate correctly) in Haswell/early Broadwell.