Re: Intel microcode fixes [OFF-TOPIC]

Simon Kenyon (simon@koala.ie)
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:30:23 -0000 (GMT)

On 19-Nov-98 doctor@fruitbat.org wrote:
> Think of how the Intel Floating Point Bug would have been a
> non-issue if Pentiums were microcode upgradable?

i think that was a bad example to pick
the floating point bug was (i believe) caused by crosstalk
no amount of re-microcoding could have fixed that!

--
simon


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