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Information on the Pentium-Bug at ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-halle.de/pub/pentium

In this directory you find some information about the Pentium FDIV Bug.


Moler/      -- the contents of this directory is mirrored from the Mathworks
               see Moler/README.txt

p87test.zip -- Mathisen's test program (ASM source and executable)

mathemat.txt  -- Mathematica code for any machine that simulates division
                 on a buggy Pentium, bit by bit. (from Wolfram Research)

Cygnus/       -- Patch for gcc-2.6.3 from Cygnus
Nicely/       -- Some info from Nicely
Pratt/        -- Some info from Pratt

The following files are copied from http://www.intel.com
 
white.pdf   -- Intel White paper on Bug, (Adobe Acrobat Format)
white.ps    -- Intel White paper on Bug, (Postscript) 
white.ps.gz -- Intel White paper on Bug, (Postscript, compressed with GNU gzip)
support.txt -- Intel support phone numbers
replace.txt -- Intel adopts upon-request replacement policy on
	       Pentium(TM) processors
austausch.txt -- Intel entscheidet sich fuer Austauschaktion "auf Wunsch" 

patch/        -- Software patch from Intel


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