By: A.T. Ho (a.delete@this.t.ho), June 27, 2007 4:33 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
David Kanter (dkanter@realworldtech.com) on 6/27/07 wrote:
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>The FDIV bug was uncovered within Intel using either excel or the built in MS calculator.
>I don't know how the folks outside of Intel found it, but it may be along the same
>lines. It sounds like most of these issues only impact developers, and are much harder to uncover.
>
>DK
If Intel found the bug before anyone else did and didn't disclose the bug, I'm surprised the backlash against them wasn't larger than it was (and there was considerable outcry against their efforts to downplay the bug).
Here are some links on the topic:
http://www.computerbytesman.com/dl/journey.txt
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=211001
http://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/news_notes/pdf/win95cleve.pdf
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>The FDIV bug was uncovered within Intel using either excel or the built in MS calculator.
>I don't know how the folks outside of Intel found it, but it may be along the same
>lines. It sounds like most of these issues only impact developers, and are much harder to uncover.
>
>DK
If Intel found the bug before anyone else did and didn't disclose the bug, I'm surprised the backlash against them wasn't larger than it was (and there was considerable outcry against their efforts to downplay the bug).
Here are some links on the topic:
http://www.computerbytesman.com/dl/journey.txt
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=211001
http://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/news_notes/pdf/win95cleve.pdf