trimble@leadsv.UUCP (04/12/87)
The San Jose Mercury News today reported on "errors in the intel
32-bit chip when doingg a multiply of 32-bit value with another
32-bit value".
The article inferred that the greatest impact would be on the Compac
company who is shipping the largest number of 80386-based equipment
currently. It was inferred that intel would replace the current part
over the next n monthss (years).
A few questions:
1) What IS the result of this operation? can someone post
a result (pure intellectual curiosity).
2) Has Intel posted this to the field with a position
statement on part replacement?
This is meant to have no bearing on Intel as a parts producer and
supplier. Merely my (personal) interest.
I'd type in the whole article but I'm not sure if it's legal.
Gary M. Trimble - Lockheed Advanced Marine Systems
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{{allegra ihnp4 dual}!fortune!decvax!decwrl}!amdcad!cae780!leadsv!trimblegreg@utcsri.UUCP (04/13/87)
In article <1447@leadsv.UUCP> trimble@leadsv.UUCP (Gary Trimble) writes: >The San Jose Mercury News today reported on "errors in the intel >32-bit chip when doingg a multiply of 32-bit value with another >32-bit value". > >The article inferred that the greatest impact would be on the Compaq >company who is shipping the largest number of 80386-based equipment >currently. [..] > 1) What IS the result of this operation? can someone post > a result (pure intellectual curiosity). [..] 3) can it be easily worked-around in a compiler 0.25 * :-) [ I can see it now 'the startup routine does a multiply and sees if the result is right. If so, it arranges for the multiply emulation trap to replace the INT ops with real multiply ops, and restart them..] -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Smith University of Toronto UUCP: ..utzoo!utcsri!greg Have vAX, will hack...