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From: srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian)
Newsgroups: net.micro.16k
Subject: Re: 32016 bug summary wanted...
Message-ID: <1938@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 08:03:36 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  2 08:03:36 1984
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In article <693@sjuvax.UUCP> jss@sjuvax.UUCP (Jonathan Shapiro) writes:
>
>	A lot of talk has been exchanged here about microcode bugs in the movsu
>class of instructions.  Recently I have heard that things are worse than
>that and that a few groups of instructions are known to be buggy.
>
>P.S. I have heard the same about problems with the MMU.  Any comments on
>that one?

If anyone can help me track down the source of this kind of rumor, I'd
appreciate it.  It goes beyond the limits of normal competitive give and
take.  Jonathan, the bug lists supplied with chips are accurate to the
best of our ability to make them so.  We don't hide or hold back anything.
And while they've been serious in the past, the bugs in the current chips
are few and easily avoided.


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Richard Mateosian
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