Intel said the FDIV bug was unimportant, but the public disagreed. Newspapers and TV discussed the bug. Intel claimed the bug would happen every 27,000 years; IBM said every 24 days and stopped selling Pentiums. Intel gave in and replaced Pentiums at a cost of $475 million. 8/9
I hope to have a blog post with more details on the Pentium FDIV bug soon. Until then, you can read about the Pentium Navajo rug: https://oldbytes.space/@kenshirriff/113063183366751314
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