(Fwd) Pentium Papers Repository

 The following message, which just appeared on the "numeric-interest"
 mailing list, ought to be of interest to those concerned about the
 Pentium FP bug.
 A Hexium on the house of Pentium!
 	-P.
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 Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel,comp.soft-sys.matlab,sci.math.num-analysis
 Subject: Pentium Papers Repository
 Summary: A archive of source material on the Pentium FDIV bug.
 Organization: The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760
                    Pentium Papers Repository
 The MathWorks is making a collection of "primary source" material on
 the Pentium division bug available.  If you're wired to the Web, try
    www.mathworks.com -- "What's New" button
 or, with anonymous FTP, try
    ftp.mathworks.com  -- directory /pub/tech-support/moler/Pentium
 The documents available as of today, 11/28/94, are listed below.
 This archive is intended as a reasonably complete historical record of
 the events associated with the Pentium floating point division bug.
 All of these documents are reproduced as they originally appeared on the
 Net or elsewhere with full credit given to the authors and institutions
 involved. Some material may be copyrighted and should be treated as such.
       -- Cleve Moler
       moler $#at#$ mathworks.com
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 Nicely_original_post.txt
    October 30.  Memo from Prof. Thomas Nicely, Lynchburg College.
    Calculations involving prime numbers lead to the first
    description of the bug.  Example is 1/824633702441.
 Mathisen_first_post.txt
    October 30.  A series of Internet postings by Terje Mathisen,
    Norsk Hydro, Norway, confirming the bug and lead to a test
    program, p87test.zip.
 EE_Times.txt
    November 7.  Article by Alex Wolfe in the EE Times, a weekly
    trade publication with the headline,
    INTEL FIXES A PENTIUM FPU GLITCH
    Copyright (c) 1994 by the EE Times
 Coe.txt
    November 15.  Internet posting by Tim Coe, Vitesse
    Semiconductor, with a model of the chip's behavior and
    the example 4195835/3145727.
 Moler_first_post.txt
    November 15.  Internet posting by Cleve Moler, the MathWorks,
    summarizing results to date.  Examples include Nicely's prime
    reciprocal and Coe's ratio.
 Cable_News_Network.txt
    November 22.  Report by Steve Young on CNN's Moneyline includes
    interviews with Intel's Stephen Smith and Moler.
 MathWorks_press_release.txt
    November 23.  MathWorks issues a press release with the title
    THE MATHWORKS DEVELOPS FIX FOR THE INTEL PENTIUM(tm) FLOATING
    POINT ERROR
 New_York_Times.txt
    November 24.  New York Times article by John Markoff with headline
    CIRCUIT FLAW CAUSES PENTIUM CHIP TO MISCALCULATE, INTEL ADMITS
    Copyright (c) 1994 by the New York Times
 Associated_Press.txt
    November 24.  News story circulated by the Associated Press.
    Copyright (c) 1994 by the Associated Press
 Moler_second_post.txt
    November 24.  Internet posting by Moler describing a software/
    hardware workaround for the FDIV bug.
 Moler_third_post.txt
    November 24.  Internet posting by Moler announcing a Pentium-Aware
    Release of MATLAB.
 Intel_support.txt
    November 24.  America OnLine and Internet posting by
    Ken Hendren, Intel Applications Support Manager.
 Intel_FAX.txt
    Intel FAXBACK Document #7999
    Obtained from FAXBACK system at 800 628-2283
 Nicely_second_post.txt
    November 25.  Memo from Prof. Nicely entitled "Pentium Bug
    and the Intel NDA".
 Andy_Grove.txt
    November 27.  Internet posting by Intel CEO Andy Grove entitled
    "My Perspective on Pentium".
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