They tried the same tactic for Ye Olde FDIV bug too, but the market eventually forced them to do full no-questions-asked replacements. And the FDIV issue is a n

They tried the same tactic for Ye Olde FDIV bug too, but the market eventually forced them to do full no-questions-asked replacements. And the FDIV issue is a number of steps down in severity from this issue; those CPUs didn't die. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug , for those who may be too young to instantly know what I'm talking about. It was a big deal at the time, and as you can see by reading it, less critical than CPUs actually dying. Read the timeline of disclosure and remember what you're reading in seconds occurred over a couple of months.