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On Monday, 8 January 2018 17:47:03 GMT Corbin Bird wrote: |
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> On 01/07/2018 02:46 PM, Taiidan@×××.com wrote: |
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> > I have several sandy/ivybridge CPU's and I was wondering if anyone |
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> > knows as to if intel is releasing microcode updates for them. |
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> > It sure would be funny if intel wanted you to buy a new CPU to fix a |
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> > problem that was their fault to begin with. |
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> Do you remember the x87 bugs discovered in the original i586 Pentiums? |
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> Never fixed. |
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> Still built into every Intel CPU. |
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> Intel does NOT replace "defective-by-design" hardware. |
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> Instead, every OS is required to "software emulate" the FPU. |
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> Search for "errata-not-bug". |
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> Intel's term for their screw-ups in their CPUs. |
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> Intel is only releasing patch code for the last five years of products. |
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> And ... if you read up on the "e-mails" being posted ... |
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> ... It looks as if Intel is NOT going to fix this in future CPUs either. |
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> Instead, every OS will be required to "work-around-this". |
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> Perhaps the reason "someone" tried to implicate this effects ALL CPU |
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> architectures? |
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> ( IBM RISC 6000, PowerPC, DEC Alpha, IBM System/390, Sun SPARC64, for |
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> example ) |
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> Intel did try to make their "patch" mandatory for AMD CPUs ( with NO |
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> disable switch ). |
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> Why? |
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> Think about it. |
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> Corbin |
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So what affordable and available CPUs should one be looking into for a new |
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desktop build? |
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Also, laptops? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |