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I'd like to hear more about the processor bugs in question. Are these purposefully introduced flaws? If the bug(s) in question extend across all x86 processors

I'd like to hear more about the processor bugs in question. Are these purposefully introduced flaws? If the bug(s) in question extend across all x86 processors that begs the question, was it intentional. Why would the flaw have not been fixed in subsequent generations.

ithkuil 9y ago
Well this can happen when you keep a very old architecture for a long time and only add new features while keeping backwards compatibility forever. Even then switch to 64-bit involved several missed opportunities to clean things up properly.
- JdeBP 9y ago
  It would be interesting to know whether any Itanium processors ever suffered from these (now disclosed) bugs.