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by mtgx 3935 days ago
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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dlp211 3935 days ago
Except their bottom line. Anyone remember the cost to Intel for their faulty FPU in the P5?
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gherkin0 3935 days 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.

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gsnedders 3935 days 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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