Ken Shirriff (@kenshirriff@oldbytes.space)
oldbytes.space
Attached: 1 image Intel launched the Pentium processor in 1993. Unfortunately, dividing sometimes gave a slightly wrong answer, the famous FDIV bug. Replacing the faulty chips cost Intel $475 million. I reverse-engineered the circuitry and can explain the bug. 1/9

Read the whole thread, great look at the original Pentium and some pretty pictures to match!

  • moktor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I read the whole thread, and it was fascinating to see chip architecture, but I still have no clue what I read.