The Intel Pentium Bug Enter the following in your PC calculator: (4195835/3145727)*
3145727-4195835. If the answer is not zero, you have an old Intel Pentium CPU
with the floating-point division bug
- Discovered in 1994
- Intel's test engineers had found the problem before release.
- When pressured, Intel offered to replace the faulty chip, but only if a
user could prove that he was affected
- Ultimately, there was a public outcry. Intel had to spend $400 mn to
replace the faulty chip
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