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In 1994 the Pentium FDIV bug that caused 1 in 9,000,000,000 calculations to be slightly inaccurate lead to a massive recall after Intel downplayed it.
In 2025 it’s normal for tech companies to sell software that is just lying outright and half of the time fails at the simplest calculations.
In 2025 it’s normal for tech companies to sell software that is just lying outright and half of the time fails at the simplest calculations.
July 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In 1994 the Pentium FDIV bug that caused 1 in 9,000,000,000 calculations to be slightly inaccurate lead to a massive recall after Intel downplayed it.
In 2025 it’s normal for tech companies to sell software that is just lying outright and half of the time fails at the simplest calculations.
In 2025 it’s normal for tech companies to sell software that is just lying outright and half of the time fails at the simplest calculations.
Worked on my fully pipelined floating point adder today. I forgot just how much fun it is to learn and build.
December 3, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Worked on my fully pipelined floating point adder today. I forgot just how much fun it is to learn and build.
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the software nerds are getting too much work, let the hardware nerds have a turn. make my tech feel like bad bitches again
November 17, 2024 at 12:29 PM
the software nerds are getting too much work, let the hardware nerds have a turn. make my tech feel like bad bitches again