Computational Aspects of the Pentium Affair

  • Authors:
  • Tim Coe;Terje Mathisen;Cleve Moler;Vaughan Pratt

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Computational Science & Engineering
  • Year:
  • 1995

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Abstract

These authors helped solve the Pentium chip mystery (identifying the processor's floating-point division bug) and have designed a practical software workaround. This is the story of exactly how the problem was discovered, and what users need to know about the mathematics and computer engineering involved before deciding whether to replace the chip, install the workaround provided or do nothing.