I was one of those who called "no way" at first, but just yesterday I found this quote [danluu.com] from an Intel engineer. It was originally posted in a reddit thread [reddit.com] but has since been deleted - but not before being confirmed by other former engineers at Intel.
As someone who worked in an Intel Validation group for SOCs until mid-2014 or so I can tell you, yes, you will see more CPU bugs from Intel than you have in the past from the post-FDIV-bug era until recently.
That meeting there in late 2013 signalled a sea change at Intel to many of us who were there.
Well maybe it was, but these problems predate 2013. Guess the "validation" that was happening in the 18 years between 1995 and 2013 didn't amount to much.
That meeting there in late 2013 signalled a sea change at Intel to many of us who were there.
Well maybe it was, but these problems predate 2013. Guess the "validation" that was happening in the 18 years between 1995 and 2013 didn't amount to much.
The timeline fits with things Bob Colwell said about changes for the worse in Intel's management just before he left Intel.
"I bet they were instructed to ignore the risk" (Score:5, Interesting)
I was one of those who called "no way" at first, but just yesterday I found this quote [danluu.com] from an Intel engineer. It was originally posted in a reddit thread [reddit.com] but has since been deleted - but not before being confirmed by other former engineers at Intel.
Re: (Score:2)
That meeting there in late 2013 signalled a sea change at Intel to many of us who were there.
Well maybe it was, but these problems predate 2013. Guess the "validation" that was happening in the 18 years between 1995 and 2013 didn't amount to much.
Re:"I bet they were instructed to ignore the risk" (Score:2)
That meeting there in late 2013 signalled a sea change at Intel to many of us who were there.
Well maybe it was, but these problems predate 2013. Guess the "validation" that was happening in the 18 years between 1995 and 2013 didn't amount to much.
The timeline fits with things Bob Colwell said about changes for the worse in Intel's management just before he left Intel.