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To: A. A. LaFountain III who wrote (55165)	4/11/1999 8:06:00 PM
From: Process Boy	Respond to of 1572778

Tad - 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 beleive this was classified as a typical example of "erratum", not a yield killing speed path error or design flaw. As my alias may indicate, I am not as familiar with problems that don't concern the fab world, and specifically, development. Speed path errors and critical design flaws affect the fab when material and equipment is sitting idle waiting for the mask fix associated with these type incidents. I do recall the mask change associated with the FPU bug, but it was made relatively quickly, as the fix was already scheduled to be incorporated as part of the device's next stepping, or optimization. Cirruslvr, I believe, was making a joke when he brought this up relative to my original post to Scumbria. <I always viewed that as $475 million of bad carpentry (you know: measure twice, cut once) and horrendous PR sense. - Tad LaFountain> I believe Intel and it's exec's have been very up front and contrite in the aftermath of the FPU bug fiasco. Intel, obviously, initially mishandled this incident in a very big way. However, I believe the culture of the company allowed it to do an about-face relatively quickly. I believe the incident is now looked upon as a valuable lesson learned. PB