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by greenyoda 3927 days ago
And don't forget the famous Pentium division bug in the 1990s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug
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chrisBob 3926 days ago
The fact that the famous Pentium division bug is still being talked about speaks highly of processors as bug-free software.
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insoluble 3927 days ago
I never said they were all bug-free. I am aware that there have been some problems over the years, but the track record seems much better with CPUs than with most things having what could be called advanced programming.
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wglb 3924 days ago
Having a game over user to kernel exploit available for who knows how long is not my idea of anywhere near bug-free.

And who knows what happens or what bugs are fixed when intel/amd push new firmware to the chip.

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