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It’s been 30 years since Intel’s infamous Pentium FDIV bug reared its ugly head – a math bug caused Intel’s first CPU recall
2024 marks the 30th anniversary of Intel's announcement of a math glitch on some of its Pentium CPUs (via Heise). In 1993, Intel launched its first generation Pentium CPUs, which used the new P5 ...
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Pentium M Overclocking
If the system becomes unstable you may have to bump up the processor voltage (which involves another piece of wire). In the article, Dan Zhang is able to take a 1.8GHz Pentium M to 2.4GHz.
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Reverse-Engineering The Polynomial Constants In The Pentium’s FPU
Released in 1993, Intel’s Pentium processor was a marvel of technological ... die that enable its use of polynomials. Even with 3.1 million transistors, the Pentium die is still on a large ...