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Re: Pentium FDIV
Try (4,195,835 x 3,145,727)
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3,145,727
A faulty Pentium returns 4,195,579.
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On Thu, 29 Dec 1994 [email protected] wrote:
> Haven't seen too much discussion of this and how it would affect crypto in
> general. Would the FDIV problem cause any problems when looking at large
> prime numbers? Actually, let me rephrase that, would it affect determining if
> a large number is prime? Floating point errors can be so much fun.
>
> Also, does anyone have the "test" that was floating around the net and in
> various newspapers a few weeks to see if your machine has the FDIV problem. I
> lost the little "post-it note" I had it written on. Since then, I haven't
> been able to reproduce it. (Either the bug went away, or I entered the wrong
> numbers. **GRIN**)
>
> --Brad
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