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Boeing 2.0

• HenryKissinger 6y ago
  At least no one will die from Intel's mistakes.
  • read_if_gay_ 6y ago
    Who knows? I can imagine there’s an Intel CPU in a life critical application in more than a few places.
    • sjwright 6y ago
      Such life critical applications would be validated for safety by the product manufacturer/integrator, not by Intel.
      • read_if_gay_ 6y ago
        How can they validate a CPU if Intel can’t?
        • sjwright 6y ago
          The same way as they validate the serial UART: by validating its application. Does the CPU fail if it’s close to an x-ray machine or an MRI? Intel isn’t going to tell you that.
          • read_if_gay_ 6y ago
            True. But I was thinking along the lines of hardware bugs like the Pentium division bug. I doubt manufacturers go looking for those, and that would be one (albeit slightly contrived) way how someone could die from Intel's mistakes.