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To: Joseph Pareti who wrote (118393)11/19/2000 5:57:07 PM
From: milo_morai  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Because it's not real world, Also remember your looking at a SDRAM comparision, and P4 stinks.

DDR/Palamino is going to wipe P4 all over the floor, based on everything we are seeing.

Milo

P4 errata so far is 40 ftp://download.intel.com/design/pentium4/specupdt/24919901.pdf

Here's a few samples

INTEL ® PENTIUM ® 4 PROCESSOR SPECIFICATION UPDATE
15
N21. MCA Error Code Field in IA32_MC0_STATUS Register may
become out of Sync with the Rest of the Register
Problem: The MCA Error Code field of the IA32_MC0_STATUS register gets written by a different
mechanism than the rest of the register. For uncorrectable errors, the other fields in the IA32_MC0_STATUS
register are only updated by the first error. Any subsequent errors cause the Overflow Error bit to be asserted
until this register is cleared. Because of this erratum, any further errors that are detected will update the MCA
Error Code field without updating the rest of the register, thereby leaving the IA32_MC0_STATUS register with
stale information.
Implication: When this erratum occurs, the IA32_MC0_STATUS register contains stale information.
Workaround: None identified
Status: For the steppings affected see the Summary of Changes at the beginning of this section.
N22. Processor may Hang on a Correctable Error and Snoop
Combination
Problem: The processor will hang whenever a Read-For-Ownership (RFO) or Locked-Read-For-Ownership
(LRFO) hits a line in the L2 cache and also receives a correctable error. A boundary condition in the error
correction logic prevents the processor from issuing further transactions on the system bus and the processor
will hang.
Implication: When this erratum occurs, the processor may hang.
Workaround: None identified
Status: For the steppings affected see the Summary of Changes at the beginning of this section.
N23. The IA32_MC1_STATUS Register may Contain Incorrect
Information for Correctable Errors
Problem: When a speculative load operation hits the L2 cache and receives a correctable error, the
IA32_MC1_STATUS register may be updated with incorrect information. The IA32_MC1_STATUS register
should not be updated for speculative loads.
Implication: When this erratum occurs, the IA32_MC1_STATUS register will contain incorrect information
for correctable errors.
Workaround: None identified
Status: For the steppings affected see the Summary of Changes at the beginning of this section.
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