Ali,
According to the reports, the Pentium Pro and Pentium 2 processors
are not affected by this bug, if that is even the correct term.
Therefore your alarmist claims are not really justified. First
the multi-processor servers out there are not older Pentiums, so
no need for alarm. Second, as Paul pointed out, a simple
virus checker could screen new apps when they are loaded on the
system. Third, if a user is intent on bringing his/her system down
out of malice, why not just pull the plug or as another wise poster
pointed out, use the sledgehammer?
Ali, I remember a couple of months ago AMD announced they were
fixing K6 bugs in the FPU that were every bit as bad as Intel's
infamous FPU bug. Did you scream, jump up and down and pull your
hair out about these ones too? Here is a quote
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has disclosed on its Web site (www.amd.com/K6/k6docs/revgd.html) a number of bugs in its K6 processor that could cause unpredictable system behavior or math errors under rare conditions. Several of the bugs have no immediate software fixes available and will be corrected in future manufacturing revisions. In one case involving the floating-point unit, the company has identified six source and destination operand patterns that erroneously result in a zero when performing multiply operations.
Are you as vocal when your ox is the one getting gored? How about
demanding an AMD recall? Show us you are a fair man Ali and not just
a mindless raving Intel basher.
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