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To: Process Boy who wrote (55159)4/11/1999 7:46:00 PM
From: A. A. LaFountain III  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572777
 
Re: Original Pentium

I seem to recall that the problem with the original Pentium was about half a dozen incorrect values in the FPU lookup table. Does that really qualify as a typical design/process problem? I always viewed that as $475 million of bad carpentry (you know: measure twice, cut once) and horrendous PR sense. - Tad LaFountain