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A Discussion of and Fix for the Pentium FDIV Bug
Author

Wolfram Research, Inc.
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Address: 100 Trade Center Dr.
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 398-0700
Fax: (217) 398-0747
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Description

This item contains a patch to the Pentium FDIV bug. This patch was created by Wolfram Research, Inc. This item also contains a Mathematica notebook that presents an in-depth analysis of the Pentium bug, and discusses the patch.
Subject

*Wolfram Technology > Installation > Systems and Installation > Windows
Keywords

FDIV, patch, Intel, Pentium, pfix, bug, div
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README.TXT (3.7 KB) - Text file
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PFIX.ZIP (67 KB) - ZIP archive
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Pentium.nb (1.1 MB) - Mathematica Notebook

Files specific to Mathematica 2.2 version:
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Pentium.ma (1 MB) - Mathematica Notebook 2.2 or older