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0 pointsmtgx10y ago0 comments

I don't think Intel sees anyone on the PC space as a major threat, so they aren't in a hurry to make everything perfect all the time.

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dlp21110y ago

Except their bottom line. Anyone remember the cost to Intel for their faulty FPU in the P5?

gherkin010y 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:

> 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.

gsnedders10y ago

Oh, 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.

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