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e...@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Xeen) writes:

>    The first month that Intel produced the 100 chip in volume was October 
>after the bug was fixed.  So these people's claims are untrue.  They are simply
>trying to make this bug a bigger deal than it actually is.
>    Intel has also been making bug free chips for four months now so there 
>should be no doubt as to how many good chips are out there.  Unless a system
>manufacturer is seriously lagging behind with their chips you can be assured 
>that your new Pentium system you plan to purchase will be problem free.  Make
>sure you ask the manufacturer when the chip was produced.  I will be buying
>a new Pentium motherboard next month and I don't have any reservations about
>it because I know that the problem has been fixed.  I am not jumping on the 
>bann Intel bandwagon like so many are.  I will be telling all of the people I
>know that this bug has been blown way out of proportion and there is no need to
>abandon Intel.  They are still the world's #1 microprocessor manufacturer for
>now and many years to come.

Not that I have a problem with Intel, but they have publicly stated that
they will continue shipping Pentiums with the FDIV error along with those
w/out until they run out of stock (they have not said if the error has been
corrected in the masks at each fab site).  The stat they gave was that this
would continue for the next 6 months.
I don't see the big deal about all this - hell, compared to most software out
there, the Pentium is flawless.  (btw - for fun, do your research and find out
the biggest manufacturing flaws in the 386, 486, PPC, and Alpha during various
phases of their fabrication, and compare it to the Pentium flaw).

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