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To: Tony Viola who wrote (43404)	12/30/1997 10:08:00 PM
From: Milk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony, I just found an article on the subject in October PC Magazine by John C.Dvorak: "...As you read this, Intel should be showing off its new bug-fix feature, secretly incorporated into the Pentium MMX and Pentium II processors. This lets people actually patch the chip if a flaw is found. Intel hopes that this built-in system isn't itself flawed, as some outside observers fear. Worse, this system, as nifty as it is, might be an admission that flawless microprocessors can no longer be made. With this circuit it's possible to fix some malfunction in the microcode within the chip... So, the question is: Why didn't Intel announce immediately that this technology was available? Do you think AMD or Cyrix have something like that? Just some speculation on my part... Milk Full text: www8.zdnet.com