Email or username:

Password:

Forgot your password?
Top-level
Ken Shirriff

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: oldbytes.space/@kenshirriff/11
9/9

3 comments
Ted Spence

@kenshirriff fascinating! Love to hear about the PLA space saving techniques.

Mark T. Tomczak

@kenshirriff I remember this happening.

There was this odd little movie Intel put together that was advertainment for the whole project; for some reason, I saw it at the local science museum on the big IMAX screen when I was, what, eight?

The plot, hilariously, revolved around aliens trying to disrupt human technological progress by... Messing with the chip blueprint before it's fabricated. They're caught out by the hero-kids who save the day.

We always thought it was a wild coincidence that IRL the chip went into production with a significant design flaw analogous to the one in the fiction.

@kenshirriff I remember this happening.

There was this odd little movie Intel put together that was advertainment for the whole project; for some reason, I saw it at the local science museum on the big IMAX screen when I was, what, eight?

The plot, hilariously, revolved around aliens trying to disrupt human technological progress by... Messing with the chip blueprint before it's fabricated. They're caught out by the hero-kids who save the day.

Go Up