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Interesting read on the FDIV bug and what really caused it
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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 millio...
https://oldbytes.space/@kenshirriff/113606898880486330
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