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