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- Q&A: THE PENTIUM FDIV BUG
- >
- > Q: How many Pentium designers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- > A: 1.99104274017, but that's close enough for non-technical people.
- >
- > Q: What do you get when you cross a Pentium PC with a research grant?
- > A: A mad scientist.
- >
- > Q: What's another name for the "Intel Inside" sticker they put on
- > Pentiums?
- > A: The warning label.
- >
- > Q: What do you call a series of FDIV instructions on a Pentium?
- > A: Successive approximations.
- >
- > Q: Complete the following word analogy: Add is to Subtract as Multiply
- > is to:
- > 1) Divide
- > 2) ROUND
- > 3) RANDOM
- > 4) On a Pentium, all of the above
- > A: Number 4.
- >
- > Q: What algorithm did Intel use in the Pentium's floating point divider?
- > A: "Life is like a box of chocolates." (Source: F. Gump of Intel)
- >
- > Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586?
- > A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got
- > 585.991983605.
- >
- > Q: According to Intel, the Pentium conforms to the IEEE standards 754
- > and 854 for floating point arithmetic. If you fly in aircraft
- > designed using a Pentium, what is the correct pronunciation of "IEEE"?
- > A: Aaaaaaaiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!
- >
- >
- > TOP TEN NEW INTEL SLOGANS FOR THE PENTIUM
- >
- > 9.9919973251 It's a FLAW, Dammit, not a Bug
- > 8.9919163362 It's Close Enough, We Say So
- > 7.9919414610 Nearly 300 Correct Opcodes
- > 6.9919831538 You Don't Need to Know What's Inside
- > 5.9919835137 Redefining the PC -- and Mathematics As Well
- > 4.9919919021 We Fixed It, Really
- > 3.9918245917 Division Considered Harmful
- > 2.9911523619 Why Do You Think They Call It *Floating* Point?
- > 1.9919103517 We're Looking for a Few Good Flaws
- > 0.9919919918 The Errata Inside
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